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BREAKING: Trump's Terror Chief Quits: "Iran Posed No Imminent Threat"
ZEV SHALEV AND DEAN BLUNDELL MARCH 17, 2026
5️⃣ Israel Kills the Exit
Israel killed Ali Larijani overnight — Iran’s de facto leader since U.S.-Israeli strikes wiped out the upper echelons of the Iranian government on February 28, and by all accounts the most pragmatic figure left in Tehran with the credibility to negotiate. The Israeli military also confirmed the killing of Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Basij paramilitary force. Zev put it bluntly: “Why is Israel killing the only people that America can talk to? If you want the war to end, you wouldn’t be chopping off the head every…
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