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Cyprus assassination attempt paints picture of emboldened Iran

Israel suspects that a plot to kill Israeli businesspeople in Cyrus reflects an alarming change in Iranian strategy.

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A Shahab-3 surface-to-surface missile is displayed next to a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a street exhibition by Iran's army and paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps marking the 41th anniversary of the start of 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War at Baharestan Square in Tehran, on Sept. 25, 2021. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) (Photo by — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

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