Iran Clings On To A Defiant Tone. Is A Language Of Desperation Peeping Out?

Source: International Business Times

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf prays at the tomb enclosure inside the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on August 21, 2026. Hamed Malekpour / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images Iran has not deviated from the language of defiance as the protracted Middle East conflict with US continues without an end in sight. But reading between the words, a tone of desperation is setting in.

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