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World08-07-2026Iran stays defiant, threatens Gulf states with further strikesIran on Wednesday warned Gulf states against allowing the use of their territory as launching pads for attacks against the country, amid fresh strikes from the US against military sites along Iran’s southern coast, a move NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte defended as "absolutely necessary."

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