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Iran's chief negotiator says Americans 'said NO TO WAR'

Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, wrote on X that "Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," and warned that if Washington ignores the vote "it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare," AP and CBS News report. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei dismissed the idea that the U.S. will change its approach, AP reports. Thousands marched in Tehran at a government-organized rally marking the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover. Indirect talks through mediators are ongoing.

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Iran's leaders are publicly reacting to the U.S. election while indirect talks through mediators continue, AP and CBS News report. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei dismissed the idea that the U.S. will change its approach.

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