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Without missiles Iran would have ended up ‘like Gaza’, says Iranian president
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian claimed that without Iran's missile defenses, the country would have been 'razed like Gaza' in the US-Israeli war. He stated Iran's defensive capabilities would not be negotiated under any circumstances.
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