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How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran

16 Sep 2026, 12:49 GMT By Neil MacFarquhar
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The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.