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Saeed Khatibzadeh
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Saeed Khatibzadeh is Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister.
Notable Quotes
"That vessel was by invitation of our Indian friends, attending an international exercise. It was ceremonial. It was unloaded. It was unarmed."View Story →
"You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept all the areas that a ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just starts a massacre."View Story →
"I am very much hopefu..."View Story →
"We will provide security for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz."View Story →
"Israeli strikes on Lebanon constituted a 'grave violation' of the ceasefire."View Story →
"Anybody who communicates with the Iranian authority has got permission to pass."View Story →
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