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Gavin Blackburn

US blockade of Iranian ports aims at 'internal division,' parliament speaker says

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that the United States' naval blockade of the country’s ports aimed to create division and "make us collapse from within."

He said US President Donald Trump "divides the country into two groups: hardliners and moderates, and then immediately talks about a naval blockade to force Iran into submission through economic pressure and internal discord," state TV reported.

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