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Middle East war looms as Iran waits, keen to avoid past mistakes

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Vehicles drive past a huge billboard depicting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and slain leader of the Palestinian Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Valiasr square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)

Vehicles drive past a huge billboard depicting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (right) and slain leader of the Palestinian Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh.

PHOTO: AFP

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Psychological warfare is now the weapon of choice for all the actors in the Middle East.

Iran and its regional allies continue to warn that they will strike at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s

assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

, the leader of the Hamas militant organisation, as well as the killing of

top commanders in Hezbollah

, Iran’s proxy militia.

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