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Joy in Iran over ‘Trump’s defeat’ in US midterm elections – but war is not

Iran celebrates its claimed role in ‘regime change’ amid pressure on US president to ‘finish the job’ with attack US midterms live – latest updates Iran this week unveiled a massive new billboard and banners over Enqelab Square in central Tehran. The billboard pledged in English: “We will kill Trump” – elevating the degree of personal animus with which Donald Trump is viewed in official Iranian circles. The poster depicts the US president behind bars with his head bowed. And in a sense, given the US midterm election results on Tuesday, Iran has indeed killed Trump, or at least the second term of his presidency.

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