Defiant Iran seeks to bruise Trump ahead of midterms
geopolitical_conflictMiddle EastAl-Monitor10 Sept, 13:30 UTC
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Iran is intensifying confrontational actions against the United States in the hope of further raising the cost of the conflict for President Donald Trump less than two months ahead of the US midterm elections, analysts say. Over half a year after the war erupted on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks that killed supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Iran is upping the ante, even risking a return to all-out fighting, rather than dialling down and looking into diplomacy.
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