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Robert Fox

OPINION - Iran could be about to blunder into a five-front war

Iran, the United States and Israel are still teetering on the edge of a wider regional war across the Middle East as Tehran continues to threaten vengeance for the Israeli strike on their mission in Damascus that killed two of its top generals.

US president Joe Biden, for one, is convinced that Iran is threatening a significant attack on Israel. His offer of “ironclad support” is a new benchmark in the tangled diplomacy of the US.

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