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President Donald Trump said yesterday that he didn’t know who to negotiate with in Iran, yet at the same time the U.S. and Israel keep assassinating senior leaders inside the Islamic Republic. Ali Larijani was one such leader.
A well known figure, he has been managing many of the day to day affairs in the country for some time, even before Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A top, inner circle figure, he was not universally beloved, but respected as someone close to the center of power in the country, with good ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, the clerics and the civilian government which is often sidelined in times of crisis. Some had touted him as a future leader. So this was a powerful man, a serious guy who led the Iranian team in the recent nuclear negotiations. So while the U.S. is saying they don’t know who was in charge, it appears that one of the people who they certainly did know and who was in a position of considerable authority has just been taken out.
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