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Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar When Hamas launched its cross-border attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing at least 1,200 people, Mohammad Bagher Zolqadr, then Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, called it a “turning point” for Palestinians. “This operation is the starting point of the fall of the Zionist regime,” he said. The chain of…
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Iran’s Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani. File | Photo credits: WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters Iran’s Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani responded to U.S. President Trump’s threat of hitting Iran “20 times harder” if the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is stopped, saying the chokepoint could be a “Strait of…
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On March 1, a day after the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview that the Iranian leaders wanted to resume negotiations. “I have agreed to talk,” he said. A response came swiftly from Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. “We will not negotiate with…
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