Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.

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Iran’s parliament speaker has threatened to attack Israel and US military and shipping targets if the US were to launch a strike on the country, which is increasingly isolated from the world by its theocratic regime. As nationwide protests reached the two-week mark today, we discuss how Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is trying to position himself as a player in his country’s future and at the nexus between the anti-regime protests and Israel.

The US military said on Saturday that it had........

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