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Israeli Analyst: Iran Is Taking a Step Back for Fear of Trump- (Algemeiner, January 9, 2020)

Excerpt Taken from Algemeiner by Algemeiner Staff.

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Iran is pulling back from its latest confrontation with the US because it fears President Donald Trump, a top Israeli analyst asserted on Thursday.

Ehud Yaari, a veteran Israeli journalist and expert on the Middle East, wrote at the Israeli news site Mako that Iran was “reluctant to continue to clash with the US” and “taking a step back or maybe just a time out.”

The reason, said Yaari, was that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “scared of Trump.”

“Although he mocks him, he also fears him,” Yaari noted.

 

To read the full article click the link: https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/01/09/israeli-analyst-iran-is-taking-a-step-back-for-fear-of-trump/

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