A new video released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday has revealed a terrifying underground weapons arsenal.
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The footage shows row upon row of missiles, alongside launchers and military vehicles, in what appears to be an extensive underground missile city.
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Iranian media showed Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of the country's armed forces, and Majid Mousavi, commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force, touring the complex.
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During the visit, Abdollahi issued a stark warning that any renewed attack on Iran could prompt retaliation extending beyond the Middle East.
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'If the enemy makes another move against us, our response will extend beyond the region,' he said.
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The Revolutionary Guards and Iranian state media have periodically broadcast footage of the bunkers throughout the war, which erupted in February of this year.
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Just last week, as the US held its midterm elections, Iran released a video showing rows of missiles stored inside a labyrinth-like facility, alongside footage of a missile being launched into the sky from a desert landscape.
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Meanwhile, peace talks have been dragging on, although a significant shift towards diplomacy was made on Monday after US President Donald Trump stated the conflict was 'effectively over', adding that further military strikes against Iran are 'highly unlikely'.
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The footage shows row upon row of missiles, alongside launchers and military vehicles
Iranian media showed Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of the country's armed forces, and Majid Mousavi, commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force, touring the complex
The Revolutionary Guards and Iranian state media have periodically broadcast footage of the bunkers throughout the war
On Tuesday, Qatar's leader joined talks on the G7 sidelines in the French capital with four European top diplomats and the Saudi foreign minister after meeting Trump to discuss ending Washington's war with Iran.
'The ministers will discuss the situation in the Middle East - with a particular focus on the Iran crisis and its security and economic repercussions - both for the region and for the international community as a whole,' the French foreign ministry said ahead of the talks.
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Trump had said after meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani - a key mediator who is also Qatar's foreign minister - that there was momentum toward ending the war with Iran, which erupted on February 28 with the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
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The US leader declared that Iran 'militarily is effectively over', but kept open the possibility of new strikes.
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European top diplomats attending the meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris have been pressing US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to avoid any new escalation against Iran and ensure shipping traffic can flow freely again through the Strait of Hormuz energy transit hub.
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the foreign ministers of European G7 members Britain, Germany, Italy and France were also taking part, the French foreign ministry said.
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Marco Rubio on Tuesday said he saw no need to attack Iran again, as diplomatic efforts to end the war increased and Tehran urged Washington to accept its demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Hours after President Donald Trump said he saw 'positive momentum' towards resolving the eight-month war, Rubio said the United States' successful squeezing of Iran's economy made further attacks unnecessary.
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'The economic campaign (against Iran) is so devastating that right now there is no need for major combat operations,' the secretary of state said after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris.
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'That's what I told our allies here today.'
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Iran's blockade of Hormuz, the major exit route for Gulf energy exports, has sent oil prices soaring - a major factor in the humbling of Trump's Republicans in last week's midterm elections.
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Washington has imposed a counter-blockade on Iranian ports and in August announced what it called an 'economic asphyxiation' campaign aimed at strangling Iran's economy, already battered by years of sanctions.
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Britain's foreign minister Ed Miliband called for greater effort to end the conflict, while warning of the economic damage of an ongoing stalemate.
'We need to move beyond the 'no war, no peace' stalemate, which is causing deep economic pain for our countries.
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'We must see an all-out diplomatic effort to end this conflict, prevent a nuclear Iran and the threats it poses around the world, and get the Strait of Hormuz properly reopened,' he said in Paris.
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Tehran said its offer to reopen Hormuz within two days, if Washington agrees to a raft of conditions, remains on the table.
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Iran's demands have included ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing Iranian assets, lifting oil sanctions and ending the US counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
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'The conflict with Iran will not be resolved through military means, nor by intensifying sanctions,' Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iran's IRNA news agency.
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The only solution is to adopt a language of respect, engage in diplomacy, and address Iran's demands and conditions - which were outlined in the two-day proposal and remain on the table.
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Politicians pose for a photo at the G7 foreign ministers summit in Paris on Tuesday
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during the G7 foreign ministers summit
Qatar and Pakistan are leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the war, which began with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February.
Qatari foreign ministry official Ibrahim al-Hashmi confirmed there had been progress in the negotiations.
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'The mediator is making a persistent and earnest effort to bridge the gaps between the parties' positions,' he told a regular briefing, adding: 'We remain hopeful.'
Iranian political analyst Ali Bigdeli said the outcome of the US elections appeared to have 'somewhat reduced Iran's flexibility, whereas the Americans have become more flexible'.
He noted that the Iranian terms were 'demanding and heavy for the United States to accept' but added that 'engaging in direct talks' could bear results.
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'The two nations have reached such a deep state of mutual distrust and uncertainty that the situation has become extremely difficult,' said Bigdeli, a professor of political science at Shahid Beheshti University.
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Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei urged Washington to 'surrender' to the Iranian demands.
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'The war on Iran has already wrecked the US government.
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But Washington flails like a desperate gambler.
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FOLD YOUR HAND,' Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X.
In Saudi Arabia, whose long-running conflict with Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis has reignited during the US-Iran war, blasts rang out over the capital, Riyadh, early on Tuesday.
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis and backing Yemen's government since 2015 said it shot down a Houthi ballistic missile targeting the city.
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