Politics‘Anachronism’: Rubio’s civilisational rhetoric prompts pushback from Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked ancient Greece and Persia in a speech in Athens, describing threats to Western civilisation and denouncing Iran’s leaders. Iranian officials and figures across the political spectrum pushed back, accusing him of distorting history and using it to justify US policy toward Iran.

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