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Iran's supreme leader declared on Thursday that the United States had suffered a shameful defeat, defiantly rejecting a warning from President Donald Trump that an economically punishing US naval blockade could be enforced for months to come. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Oliver McTernan, director and co-founder of Forward Thinking, says that Iran "will not capitulate", adding that "there was a miscalculation in rushing into an illicit aggression against Iran".

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