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Monday, October 23, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 23, 2017
Rouhani: Iran’s regional status has never been stronger
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s position in the Middle East has never been stronger but that the regime is at risk unless infighting between political factions is curbed.
“The greatness of the nation of Iran in the region is more than at any other time,” Rouhani says in a speech in Tehran, carried by the state broadcaster.
“In Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, northern Africa, in the Persian Gulf region — where can action be taken without Iran?”
Rouhani does not directly respond to comments on Sunday by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who called on Iran-backed militias fighting jihadists in Iraq to “go home.”
— AFP
