Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

It was a closely held, urgent meeting. Iran was pondering a response to President Trump’s letter seeking nuclear negotiations. So the country’s president, as well as the heads of the judiciary and Parliament huddled with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month, according to two senior Iranian officials familiar …

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Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria

Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria

Iran’s top-ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last week that Iran had suffered a major defeat but would still try to operate in the country. An audio recording …

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