Iran

Iran suspended talks with the US on Iraq’s security after complaining about US attacks on the Mahdi Army and other Iranian-backed militias. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would not give up its nuclear program despite new incentives offered by the West. “We will continue on our path with power and will not allow the oppressors to deny this nation’s right,” Khamenei said.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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