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Biden has no easy answer to the Iranian challenge

Successive US presidents have struggled to deal with Tehran’s ambitions in a volatile region. Biden has to reckon with not only the risk of a Middle East war but also its impact in an election year.

US Bureau Chief

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Apr 22, 2024, 05:00 AM

WASHINGTON – The language of the Middle East is equal parts swaggering bluster and equal parts Arabic, Farsi, Turkish or Hebrew.

If recent events are any indication, it is a language that Iran has mastered.

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