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Iranian Lawmaker Makes Unprecedented Call for Foreign Policy Changes


(Radio Farda) Iranian lawmaker Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi said on Jan. 6, "When the Soviet Union collapsed, it had 13,000 nuclear warheads and had influence in more than twenty countries and a space station, but it was torn apart on the streets of Moscow, losing its security and territorial integrity....If we fail to resolve the problem of unnecessary domestic and foreign expenditures, we will bear heavy costs." Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's critics have in recent years singled out his anti-Western and interventionist policies in the region as the main reasons for Iran's isolation and economic problems.
2019-01-08 00:00:00
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