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Iran struggles to keep Iraq and Lebanon in its orbit

A phone with stickers of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his father, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a farewell ceremony for Iran's national soccer team ahead of their departure to the 2026 World Cup, in Tehran. Reuters

Iran struggles to keep Iraq and Lebanon in its orbit

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