Iranian FM comments on Iran's missile attack to the US base in Iraq
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  • 11:31 08 January 2020

Iranian FM comments on Iran's missile attack to the US base in Iraq

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described Iran's missile attack to the US base in Iraq as a "proportionate measure" which came "in self-defense", ONA's Tehran bureau reports.

In a twitter post early Wednesday morning, he said "Iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter."

Zarif went on to stress that "We do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression."

Suleyman Farzaliyev

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