Newsmax foreign policy analyst Walid Phares said Sunday that the Iranian regime is using the current ceasefire in Gaza to stall and manipulate global perception.
He warned that Tehran’s leaders are “playing chess” with U.S. diplomacy.
Phares told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” that the focus should be on supporting the Iranian people rather than negotiating with Tehran’s entrenched leadership, which he described as rigidly ideological.
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