Inside an escalating tit-for-tat in Iran

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Sep 9, 202600:57:36News & Politics

Iran and the U.S. continue to escalate their attacks, each hoping the other will blink first, but analyst Farzan Sabet says adding fuel to the fire is a risky strategy. For the first time in almost a millennium, the Baye...

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