Law of iterated expectations given inequality

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Let $X$ and $Y$ be two random variables and let $z$ be a constant. Is the following true:

$E\Bigr[E[X|Y]\Bigl| Y>z] = E[X| Y>z]$

I think it is true by the Law of Iterated Expectations. Is this correct? If not, is the statement true due to some other property or is it false in general?

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It is true

Let $X$ and $Y$ be defined on $\Omega$ and let $(\Omega,\mathcal F, P)$ be our probability space. If $\mathcal D\subseteq \mathcal E$ are sub $\sigma$-algebras of $\mathcal F$ then $$ E[X\mid \mathcal D] = E\bigl[E[X\mid \mathcal E]\mid \mathcal D\bigr] = E\bigl[E[X\mid\mathcal D]\mid \mathcal E\bigr], $$ which we call the law of the iterated expectation.

Note that $\{Y>z\} \subseteq \{Y\in \mathbb R\}$ and recall that what we mean by $E[X\mid Y]$ is the expectation of $X$ given the $\sigma$-algebra of $Y$, so you are fine.