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Mohsen Rezaei, the senior military adviser to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, set out a series of demands on behalf of Iran to end the war with the United States and Israel in an interview with CNN. Among the main demands he presented are the release of frozen Iranian assets and the thawing of billions of dollars held by the United States. Rezaei said that the release of the assets would constitute a significant test for Tehran vis-à-vis the Trump administration. "The release of the funds by the Trump administration will be a new horizon for the future of Iran and the...

The advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran on military affairs, Mohsen Rezaei, accuses the United States of being the only pirate force in the world that owns aircraft carriers. Rezaei added that Iran's ability to confront pirates is no less than our ability to sink warships. Rezaei addressed the Americans and said: "Prepare to face a graveyard for your aircraft carriers and troops, just as the wreckage of your planes remained..."

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The son of a prominent Iranian conservative who ran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 has died in a Dubai hotel in an apparent suicide, a Dubai police official and an Iranian website said Sunday.