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  "path": "/opinion/166359-middle-east-war-iran-israel-analysis-interview/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T13:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://english.pravda.ru",
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  "textContent": "Pravda.Ru special correspondent Daria Aslamova conducted an interview with President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Murad Sadygzade, who explains why Netanyahu's plan to split Iran failed, what the Arab monarchies really want, and when the Middle East may rise from the ashes of war.\nIranian Azerbaijanis are consolidated around Iran\n\nQ: Netanyahu called on Persians, Kurds, Baloch, and Azerbaijanis to throw off the yoke of tyranny and rise up. You yourself are of Azerbaijani origin. Is this bet on an ethnic split in Iran realistic?\nA: I have been to Iran many times, and I am not speaking from what I've read, but from what I've seen. Iranian Azerbaijanis are quite strongly consolidated around Iran itself. First of all, one must understand: they are not oppressed there, as Western media try to portray it. In many provinces with an Azerbaijani majority-for example, in Tabriz-people speak their own language, communicate freely, and study in schools. To talk about repression is propaganda and a lie. I have been to all these cities. People go about their lives. It doesn't matter whom you speak with-a Persian, a Kurd, or an Arab. Even in Isfahan there is one of the largest Jewish diasporas in the entire Middle East.",
  "title": "'They Tried to Break Iran – They Failed:' What the Middle East Will Look Like After the Conflict"
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