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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a measured and skeptical assessment of Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, telling Reuters that while the exiled royal “seems very nice,” he is uncertain whether
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For over two weeks now, Iranians have been pouring into the streets in the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising, and possibly since the 2009
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