By Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto for CNN

Photo: AFP / MORTEZA NIKOUBAZL

A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signalled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.

The warning came in an exclusive CNN interview in Tehran with Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy adviser to the office of the Supreme Leader, who ruled out diplomacy for no

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