PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 25th, 2026: Iranian Students Clash With Regime Militias & Moscow Targets Telegram

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Protests erupt across Iran for the fifth straight day as university campuses turn into flashpoints between anti-regime students and pro-government militias. Unlike January’s market-driven unrest, this new wave appears ideological — directly challenging the legitimacy of the regime. The Kremlin may be preparing its biggest digital crackdown yet. Russian security services are floating terrorism allegations against the founder of Telegram, raising the prospect that Moscow could shut down one of the last independent information platforms inside the country. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/PDB and use promocode PDB at checkout. Ultra Pouches: Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code PDB at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches Cardiff: Get fast business funding without bank delays—apply in minutes with Cardiff and access up to $500,000 in same‑day funding at https://Cardiff.co/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday the 25th of the ever-click.
0:02.5	I'm in.
0:03.0	After-D.-B afternoon bulletin.
0:04.3	All right.
0:04.9	All right.
0:05.0	Let's get briefed.
0:22.4	First up, protests are erupting across Iran for the fifth straight day,
0:27.4	as university campuses turn into flashpoints between anti-regime students and pro-government militias.
0:33.3	You have to really admire the courage of these protesters after the regime murdered demonstrators
0:38.5	by the thousands during the most recent uprisings. I'll have the details. Later in the show,
0:44.3	the Kremlin may be preparing its biggest digital crackdown yet, as Russian security services
0:50.0	float terrorism allegations against the founder of the country's most popular messaging service.
0:55.4	That would be, of course, telegram. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
1:00.6	Protests are erupting in Iran once again, and for the fifth straight day, university campuses
1:05.2	across the country have turned into battlegrounds. The unrest began on Saturday as students
1:10.2	returned to in-person classes
1:12.0	at the start of a new academic term. What began as memorial gatherings for classmates
1:17.4	killed during January's brutal crackdown, it was now involved into open confrontation
1:22.5	between anti-regime activists and pro-government militias. Classes have now been reported in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Mashad.
1:32.1	At the University of Tehran and in the Iran University of Science and Technology,
1:36.7	video footage shows pro-regime students, or at least people purporting to be students,
1:41.2	many are believed to be affiliated with the besiege militia.
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