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"Iran appears to be standing down" - Trump

Updated Wednesday 8 January 2020 19:12
"Iran appears to be standing down" - Trump
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran “appears to be standing down” after it fired a barrage of missiles at American targets in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

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But the U.S. is continuing to look at its options, and will “immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime,” Trump said.

He also warned Tehran repeatedly to abandon its nuclear ambitions, vowing: “As long as I am president of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”

But he suggested that the U.S. is open to negotiations with Tehran. “We must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place,” Trump said. He urged other world powers to break away from the Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran and work out a new deal.

The president, speaking from the grand foyer of the White House, said no Americans were harmed in Iran’s overnight attacks on two Iraqi bases that house U.S. forces.

Trump defended his administration’s decision last week to kill Soleimani, saying the general’s “hands were drenched in both American and Iranian blood.”

“He should have been terminated long ago,” Trump said.

Trump was flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and the top officers of the nation’s military branches. He spoke for about 10 minutes and took no questions.

Iran launched at least a dozen missiles from its territory Tuesday evening at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. military and coalition forces.

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