Iranian Official Downplays Possibility of Military Confrontation with U.S.
A top Iranian official on Wednesday predicted that no military conflict with the U.S. was coming, despite the Trump administration’s decision to send more troops to the Middle East amid tensions with Tehran. “There will not be a military confrontation between Iran and America since there is no reason for a war,” Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, according to state media outlet IRNA. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of being behind last week’s attacks on two oil tankers — laden with ...
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