Iran regional confrontation

Medvedev says in an interview with Iranian state television that Iran has demonstrated power and delivered a decisive response to US threats

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Iran (remarks about Iranian deterrence; the post gives no location)
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Iran · United States
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Iran Observer posts remarks by Russian official Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with Iran's state television, saying that Iran has effectively demonstrated its power and delivered a decisive response to US threats, and that without possessing nuclear weapons Iran has managed to use other means of deterrence, with the Strait of Hormuz among the most significant. The post gives no date for the interview and cites no primary record of it.

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Video published by Iran Observer with the relay of Medvedev's remarks to Iran's state television; the footage was not verified against a primary record of the interview.

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Evidence: Medvedev in an interview with Iran's state TV on Iranian power and the Strait of Hormuz

Single X account relaying remarks by a named Russian official in an interview with Iranian state television; no primary interview transcript was read, and the Russian state is not a catalog participant of this theater so the assessment is attributed to the speaker by name.