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Day before polls open

Iran: Don't care who leads Israel

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei dismissed tomorrow's Israeli election, calling political rivalries a race to commit more crimes

Iran: We Don't Care who Leads Israel

A day before Israelis head to the polls, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said his government has no interest in the outcome of Tuesday's Knesset election and does not care who will lead the next Israeli government.

"The political rivalries inside Israel are nothing but a race to commit more crimes," Baghaei told local media. "We do not recognize the legitimacy of the elections, and it does not matter to us who will head Israel. We don't care who leads the entity that has brought nothing to the region but violence, killing and murder. We are still in a state of war, and we will not hesitate to exercise our legitimate right to defend our country."

He also addressed tensions with the United States, saying "Iran has not closed the window of diplomacy, and has proven its seriousness on the diplomatic path. Just as we participated in the nuclear agreement negotiations in good faith, while Washington withdrew from the agreement in 2018."

He concluded by claiming that "Iran has never possessed nuclear weapons, nor does it seek to possess them. The U.S. has used accusations about 'the Iranian nuclear bomb' as a pretext for military attack against Iran. The declaration of these claims now constitutes an unprecedented deception in the history of modern diplomacy."

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