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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks

A man stands with hands on hips looking down as he stands among the rubble next to the destroyed building
A man examines damage at the site of a building hit by a US-Israeli strike in Tehran on Sunday. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month.

In a message published to mark 30 days since the start of the war, the Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said: “The enemy signals negotiation in public, while in secret it plots a ground attack.”

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