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Rubio says war on Iran unpopular but ‘necessary’ to stop nuclear threat
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en] · Middle East
US secretary of state says Iran's negotiation demands are 'outrageous and ridiculous, and really not realistic'.
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