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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 27th, 2025: Iran Reportedly Bracing For US-Israeli Strike & North Korea Doubles Down In Ukraine
27 Feb 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, Iran is reportedly growing anxious that Israel and the U.S. will move to take out its nuclear facilities, as the regime floors the gas on their enrichment of near weapons grade uranium. Later in the show, we’ll look at reports that North Korea is gearing up to send more soldiers to the front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine, despite suffering heavy casualties on the battlefield. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
It's Thursday, 27 February. Welcome to the BDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Alright. Let's get briefed. First up, Iran is bracing for potential strikes on their nuclear facilities by Israel and the U.S. as they vow to resist new sanctions from the Trump administration and refuse to compromise on the nuclear issue.
Later in the show, we'll look at reports that North Korea is gearing up to send even more soldiers to the front lines of Russia's war on Ukraine, despite suffering heavy casualties on the battlefield. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
Iran is reportedly growing anxious that Israel and the US will move to take out its nuclear facilities, as the regime reportedly accelerates their enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium.
According to an exclusive report from the British Telegraph, leaders in Tehran have placed the country's nuclear facilities on high alert and deployed additional air defense systems around key nuclear and missile sites to guard against potential joint military action by the US and Israel.
Their preparations follow warnings from US intelligence last month that Israel may target Iran's nuclear facilities by the middle of this year in order to deal a death blow to the regime's regional ambitions. Leaders in Israel reportedly see Iran's nuclear sites as uniquely vulnerable due to the collapse of their once-strong network of proxy groups over this past year.
It's also worth noting that Iran's missile defenses were heavily weakened by retaliatory airstrikes launched by Israel last fall. A high-level government source who spoke to The Telegraph said, "...they're just waiting for the attack and are anticipating it every night, and everything has been on high alert, even in sites that no one knows about."
A second source added, "...several additional launchers have been deployed, but there's an understanding that they may not be effective in the event of a large-scale strike."
The report also comes on the heels of comments made by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar earlier this week, who said, quote, a reliable military option is needed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, echoing Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has promised to put an end to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
But Sa'ar warned that time is running out, saying the Iranian regime is currently playing with ways to weaponize their existing stockpile of enriched uranium, an outcome he said would have a hugely destabilizing impact on the Middle East and kick off a nuclear arms race with other regional powers such as Saudi Arabia. Egypt and Turkey.
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