Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org, I'm me and Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with a helicopter crash in Iran that killed President Reisi and foreign minister

Amirab Dahlia Khan and assess whether this opens a path for Mashibahamani, the son of the

Supreme Leader, to succeed his ailing 85-year-old father. Joining us is Nadehashimi, the director of the supreme leader to succeed his ailing 85-year-old father.

Joining us is Nadehashimi, the director of the Aloid Center for Muslim Christian Understanding,

and a professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

A non-resident fellow at democracy for the Arab world now.

He's the author of The People Reloaded, the Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future,

and sectarianization mapping the new politics of the Middle East. Then following Biden's speech

at Morehouse College in which he called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,

we'll examine the predicament Netanyahu has placed Biden in,

as the president is torn between supporting Israel and not losing votes from young Americans,

outraged at the deaths of Palestinian civilians.

Joining us is Jacob Silverman, a contributing writer for the New Republic and a contributing

editor for the Baffler, covering tech and national security.

He's the author of Terms of Service, Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection,

and his latest book in Instant New York Times bestseller, co-authored with Ben McKenzie,

is Easy Money,

Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.

He also blogs at jacobsilverman.com, where he has an article we will discuss,

the students throwing their bodies on the gears.

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