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Escapes Israeli Attack, Says Israel Had Accurate Intelligence
7/23/2026
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- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi escaped an Israeli strike on a compound at 9:00 a.m., with Ali Hejazi, chief of staff to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Security seized his hand and drove him in a Tipa or Peugeot 206 to the ministry, where he described the bunker and said Israel had accurate intelligence, activating Code 110.
- He said calls to Turkish and Iraqi leaders, including Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, kept the region from being used for attacks.
