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Members of the Security Council listen as Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a meeting on the Israel-Hamas war at United Nations headquarters on October 30, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
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Members of the Security Council listen as Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a meeting on the Israel-Hamas war at United Nations headquarters on October 30, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
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Kennedy Lee Headshot
Kennedy Lee Headshot
Kennedy Lee
Former Research Associate and Program Manager, Keystone Defense Initiative and Center on Europe and Eurasia
Kennedy Lee
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Iranians attend an annual rally commemorating the 1979 Islamic Revolution with portraits of Iranian Leaders in the background on February 11, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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Iranians attend an annual rally commemorating the 1979 Islamic Revolution with portraits of Iranian Leaders in the background on February 11, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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ahmad_hashemi
Ahmad Hashemi
Former Research Fellow
Ahmad Hashemi
9 Min Read
Missiles and UAVs are shown with Israeli and American flags in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2024. (Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Missiles and UAVs are shown with Israeli and American flags in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2024. (Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoglu Hudson Institute
Can Kasapoglu Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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jonathan_schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
6 Min Read
Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps armed military personnel are monitoring an area while standing guard next to an Iranian Majid anti-aircraft missile system during the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps armed military personnel are monitoring an area while standing guard next to an Iranian Majid anti-aircraft missile system during the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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mike_pompeo
Michael R. Pompeo
Former Distinguished Fellow
Mike Pence
Forty-Eighth Vice President of the United States
Michael R. Pompeo & Mike Pence
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