PDB Situation Report | June 21st, 2025: Does Israel Really Need U.S. Involvement In Iran? & The Islamic Regime Teeters

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🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: Israeli warplanes continue to dominate Iranian airspace as the conflict grinds on. Tehran is vowing to fight until the end, but Israel appears to have the upper hand. Retired IDF Major General Yaakov Amidror joins us with insight into how Israel pulled this off—and what comes next. Later in the show: With the regime teetering, could this be the moment Iranians finally overthrow the mullahs? Former Senator Robert Torricelli shares his perspective on the future of Iran and the West’s role in shaping what comes next. 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

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0:00.0	Welcome to the PDB Situation Report. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:18.4	All right. Let's get briefed. We'll start things off with the latest from the
0:22.6	Israel-Iran war. Israeli jets still control the skies over Tehran, and Iran's leaders, well,
0:28.9	they're vowing to fight to the end. We'll get perspective from retired IDF Major General Yaakov
0:34.3	Amadro. Later in the show, regime change in Iran may no longer be a hypothetical.
0:41.2	With the mullahs on the ropes, could the people finally bring 45 years of Islamic rule to an end?
0:47.6	Former Senator Robert Torcelli weighs it. But first, today's situation report spotlight.
0:54.2	It's been just over a week since Israel launched its campaign against Iran, and at this point,
0:59.6	Israel controls the skies.
1:01.8	Iran's nuclear facilities, missile launch platforms, and top military leaders have all come
1:07.1	under sustained attack.
1:08.8	In response, Iran is firing off smaller and less effective
1:12.6	barrages, many now hitting civilian areas, including a hospital on Wednesday. So how has Israel
1:19.7	pulled this off? And how long can the operation continue? Joining me now is retired IDF Major General
1:26.8	Jakov Amadro. He's a distinguished fellow at the
1:29.6	Jamunder Center for Defense and Strategy, and he previously served as Israel's national security
1:35.3	advisor. Sir, thank you very much for taking the time to join us here on the Situation Report.
1:40.5	Thank you for having me. If we may, I'd like to start with a fairly broad question here at the 30,000 foot level.
1:49.2	And that would be what, from your perspective, what is the goal here?
1:55.1	Is the goal the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program or is the goal regime change?
2:03.6	The goal is to destroy the ability of Iran to produce military nuclear capability.
2:10.6	We don't want to have Iran with the bone.
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