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19 November 2019

Amidst protests in Iran following the government’s decision to raise gas prices, Israel’s foreign minister remarked that “I send a message to the Iranian people: We are your friends… You have been taken captive by extremist Ayatollahs whom you do not want; who have developed means of oppression that they are using even now against demonstrators in Iraq and elsewhere. We stand by you”.

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