Iran FM: "We will defend ourselves against any aggression"
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Wed / 8 January 2020 / 09:34
Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed on Wednesday that Iran doesn't seek escalation or war but will defend itself against any aggression.
Mentioning Iran's severe revenge on American terrorists at the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq, Zarif wrote on his official Twitter account, "Iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched. We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression".
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