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    "Iran News Digest",
    "Iran Nuclear",
    "Iran Nuclear Deal",
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    "Khamenei’s White Flag: Why the Regime’s Call for “Direct Talks” Signals Weakness, Not Peace",
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  "textContent": "Tehran’s renewed push for negotiations is a strategy to buy time under revolutionary pressure—not a path to stability, reform, or national sovereignty. Negotiation as Retreat, Not Confidence After months of regional and international pressure—and particularly following the European Union’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization—Iran regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been forced […]\n\nThe post Khamenei’s White Flag: Why the Regime’s Call for “Direct Talks” Signals Weakness, Not Peace appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "Khamenei’s White Flag: Why the Regime’s Call for “Direct Talks” Signals Weakness, Not Peace"
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