Iranians voted in a presidential runoff between hard-liner Saeed Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator, and reformist lawmaker and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian. The first round of voting saw the lowest turnout ever for an Iranian election. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the final decision-maker on matters of state, but whichever man ends up winning…
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News Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a ‘true believer,’ seeks Iran’s presidency
Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing. “As the weaving of Iranian carpets progresses in millimeter, precise, delicate and durable manner, God willing, this diplomatic…
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News Mother of Hamas hostage says US shouldn’t be considered ‘neutral negotiator’: ‘America was also a victim’
The mother of a 23-year-old American among the 132 hostages who remain held by Hamas militants said Sunday that the U.S. should not be considered a “neutral negotiator” and “was also a victim” on Oct. 7. On Mother’s Day, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that…
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