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Iran threatens to expand war in response to 'plans to strangle it'
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Asharq Al-Awsat [ar] · Saudi Arabia · Middle East
Iran threatened yesterday (Wednesday) to expand the war and launch 'asymmetric operations,' after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Donald Trump had chosen to 'strangle' Iran.
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