Mike Baker

It's Monday, the 15th of June.

Well, look at that.

We are already halfway through the month.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, the U.S.-Iran deal is now official.

Well, according to President Trump.

As of the time when we put this episode together, there was no official confirmation from the Iranian regime that they've agreed to a deal.

And we have seen how that's played out before.

But from what we've seen and heard so far, we'll examine some of the reported provisions in this supposed deal and the major questions that remain about sanctions relief, Iran's nuclear program and other key deal points.

Later in the show, European efforts to crack down on Russia's shadow fleet continue, as British forces intercept an oil tanker in the English Channel.

Plus, President Trump says U.S.

forces killed the leader of Venezuela's Trenderagua, or TDA, gang in a joint operation with Caracas.

And in today's Back of the Brief, one of the possibly strangest intelligence stories of the year, there have been a few, as Beijing warns of foreign intelligence services deploying spy turtles and spy fish to its territorial waters.

But first, today's PDB Spotlight.

President Trump has now announced that a deal has been finalized, declaring on Truth Social that, quote, the deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete, end quote.

The president simultaneously announced the immediate removal of the U.S.

naval blockade, as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif later confirmed that an agreement had been reached, saying both sides had agreed to an immediate and permanent cessation of military operations and that a formal signing ceremony, that sounds like fun, is scheduled to take place in Switzerland on the 19th of June.