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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  APRIL 03, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 23

                  Sergio Gor meets NSA Ajit Doval to discuss

                                                     geopolitical issues

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                 other senior Iranian leaders have been killed. But
                                                                                                       despite that, decision-making in Iran seems to be
            New Delhi
                                                                                                       taking place fairly well. People are still attacking
                  he  United  States  Ambassador  to  India,                                           all  the  countries  around  the  Gulf,  which  means
                  Ambassador Sergio Gor held an “extreme-                                              that Iran had also prepared for decentralised deci-
            Tly fruitful” meeting with National Security                                               sion-making as part of its preparation for such an
            Advisor Ajit Doval, highlighting ongoing collabo-                                          invasion.”
            ration on security and geopolitical issues between                                            “So that even when the top leadership was
            the two countries.                                                                         wiped  out,  Iran’s  decision-making  capacity  has
                The ambassador talked about the meeting in                                             not been crippled. It has obviously decentralised
            a post on X on Wednesday, saying, “Just wrapped                                            not only its weaponry, but also its decision-making
            up an extremely fruitful meeting with National                                             process, which has enabled it to drag on this war
            Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Covered critical se-                                          for so long and we don’t know how long it will be
            curity & geopolitical issues. Strategic cooperation                                        able to do it,” he added.
            between the United States and India continues to                                              Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezesh-
            advance.”                                     as the US and a very powerful country like Israel,   kian has confirmed that Israel killed Intelligence
                Meanwhile,  former  Permanent  Representa-  which means that Iran has been preparing for this   Minister  Esmail  Khatib  in  an  overnight  attack,
            tive of India to the United Nations in Geneva, Dil-  kind of invasion for a very long time, and they are   marking the third assassination of a high-ranking
            ip Sinha, has said the recent killing of the Iranian   prepared not only in terms of the drones and mis-  Iranian official in two days, Al Jazeera reported.
            top official and security chief, Ali Larijani, by Isra-  siles that they have acquired and stationed but also   The announcement on Wednesday comes
            el is unlikely to cripple Tehran’s decision-making,   in terms of the way they have hidden these missiles   hours  after  Israeli  Defence  Minister  Israel  Katz
            reflecting  Iran’s  long-term  preparation  for  such   in stores which are not easily accessible,” he said.  claimed the Iranian minister had been killed, as
            conflicts.                                       Commenting on the impact of Larijani’s death,   per Al Jazeera.
                “This war is likely to run into a war of attrition.   Sinha noted, “The other important thing that you   Iranian security chief Ali Larijani and Gholam-
            It is dragging on. Iran has surprised everybody with   mentioned about Ali Larijani getting killed, ear-  reza Soleimani, head of the Basij paramilitary force,
            its capacity to hold on against such a superpower   lier,  Ayatollah  Khomeini  was  killed,  and  several   were also killed in Israeli air strikes on Tuesday.

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