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    "Politics + Issues",
    "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Saturday in an operation that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. READ: Iranian leader Khamenei killed in strikes, Trump says The biggest foreign-policy gamble of U.S. President Donald Trump’s presidency comes after he campaigned for reelection as a “peace president” and after saying he preferred […]\n\nThe post Explainer: Why is the US attacking Iran? appeared first on Interaksyon.",
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