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Russia condemns ‘foreign powers’ interfering in Iran

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Russia on Monday condemned what it called attempts by “foreign powers” to interfere in Iran, after the United States threatened to intervene in the Islamic republic’s deadly crackdown on protesters.

In a call with his Iranian counterpart, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu “strongly condemned yet another attempt by foreign powers to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs”, state media reported, in Moscow’s first reaction to the widespread unrest.

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