Israeli envoy pushes back on Iran leadership pick amid US-Israel tensions
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Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter publicly rejected Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as a potential future leader or reliable U.S. partner, arguing he’s not a moderate and warning of divergent long-term goals between Washington and Jerusalem on Iran, even as the Trump administration weighs him as a possible interlocutor amid the ongoing conflict.
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