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Senior Iranian officer says renewed war with US ‘inevitable’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Iranian military officer says that a resumption of hostilities with the United States is inevitable, as negotiations between Tehran and Washington appear to stall.
“The United States demands our total surrender, and the Iranian nation will never surrender,” says Mohammad Jafar Assadi, deputy head of Iran’s central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya. “Without surrender, war is inevitable.”
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