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What does Iran say about the Hamas agreement?\u00a0 In open sources, I\u2019ve only seen one story so far, \u201cIran, a Longtime Hamas Backer, Signals Support for Truce Deal With Israel,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 10-9-25.\u00a0\u00a0Consider the source, right?!\u00a0 Here is what the NYT says.\u00a0 Notice the lack of information about accountability or responsibility, nor anything about the leading sponsor of terror.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIran, a longtime backer of Hamas, signaled its tacit acceptance of the Palestinian militant group\u2019s cease-fire deal with Israel, which will include the release of all remaining hostages in Gaza.\u00a0 As the agreement began taking shape earlier this week, Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said Hamas had the right to take its own initiatives. But it warned the group that Israel would continue its \u201cexpansionist and racist plans\u201d and might not hold up its end of the deal.\u00a0 On Thursday, after the first phase of a cease-fire deal was agreed, Iran said it \u201chas always supported any action or initiative aimed at ending the genocidal war\u201d in Gaza, suggesting it supported the agreement.\u00a0 Iran\u2019s diminished regional standing is among the starkest shifts in regional dynamics since the war between Israel and Hamas began two years ago. The country had fostered a constellation of loosely aligned militant groups for decades.\u00a0 But its ability to project power across the region has been vastly undercut through a series of setbacks over the past two years.\u00a0 Israel killed the leadership of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Iran lost another critical regional ally with the overthrow of the dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria last December. And Israel\u2019s 12-day war on Iran \u2014 joined by the United States in the final stage \u2014 badly battered the country\u2019s nuclear and military facilities.\u00a0 The country is still reeling from the cost inflicted by the war and is grappling with the dire economic fallout of the United Nations reimposing harsh economic sanctions.\u00a0 Iran may now be looking for ways to reassert its influence in the Arab world through diplomatic outreach, including with its former Gulf rivals.\u00a0 Since Israel\u2019s attack on a Hamas negotiators meeting in the Gulf nation of Qatar last month, Iran has tried to portray Israel as a greater threat to regional security, and itself as a potential partner.\u00a0 That effort looked largely stymied by Arab countries flocking to support the new Israel-Hamas deal brokered by President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What does Iran say about the Hamas agreement?\u00a0 In open sources, I\u2019ve only seen one story so far, \u201cIran, a Longtime Hamas Backer, Signals Support for Truce Deal With Israel,\u201d NYT, 10-9-25.\u00a0\u00a0Consider the source, right?!\u00a0 Here is what the NYT says.\u00a0 Notice the lack of information about accountability or responsibility, nor anything about the leading … <\/p>\n

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