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Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has labelled the New Zealand Government’s response to the situation in Iran a “disgrace”. Israel and the US launched “all-out” strikes on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior regime figures. Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes against its Middle Eastern rivals and US regional military bases. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters issued a joint statement condemning “in the strongest term