'America has confirmed everything that Iran has been telling its population', analyst says

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'America has confirmed everything that Iran has been telling its population', analyst says Middle East

Issued on: 04/05/2026 - 21:27

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Emma Salisbury, Senior Research Fellow on the National Security Programme at the Foreign Policy Institute, says that "America has confirmed everything that Iran has been telling its population", explaining that "the Iranian regime tell their population constantly that the US, the great Satan, is out to destroy Iran and its people and Trump has done absolutely nothing to disabuse them of that notion".

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