Saeed Jalili, the representative of the Iranian leader in the Supreme National Security Council, confirmed his intention to run in the presidential elections scheduled for June 28, to choose a successor to late President Ebrahim Raisi. The Fars new agency reported that Jalili told four deputies from the city of Mashhad that he seriously intends to join the electoral race. The politician was a candidate in the previous elections, but withdrew in favor of Raisi.
For decades, Iran and Israel have prepared for the unthinkable, and diligently avoided allowing it to happen. A full-scale showdown between the Middle East’s superpowers would be devastating for both, and plunge the entire region into all-out war. Now, finally, that war may be breaking out.
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