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Iran Will ‘Confront’ Any American Aggression Amid Growing Tensions

June 22, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: Reuters)

Iran said on Saturday it would respond firmly to any U.S. threat, as reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington over the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone by the Islamic Republic. “Regardless of any decision they (U.S. officials) make … we will not allow any of Iran’s borders to be violated. Iran will firmly confront any aggression or threat by America,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told Tasnim. On Thursday, an Iranian missile destroyed a surveillance drone. While Tehran repeated that the drone was shot down over its territory, Washington said the incident had occurred in international airspace. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate because it could have killed 150 people, and signaled he was open to talks with Tehran. “We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights (sic) when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General,” Trump tweeted. “10 minutes before the strike I stopped it.” “Any mistake by Iran’s enemies, in particular America and its regional allies, would…


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