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Iranian military adviser: 'Iran will not be seeking war'
5 January 2020 13:55 GMT
A military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader told CNN that his country will not be seeking war after the US assassinated one of its influential military commanders.
Speaking on Sunday, Hossein Dehghan, said that his country's response will be '"military and against military sites."
"Let me tell you one thing: Our leadership has officially announced that we have never been seeking war and we will not be seeking war," Dehghan said.
"It was America that has started the war. Therefore, they should accept appropriate reactions to their actions. The only thing that can end this period of war is for the Americans to receive a blow that is equal to the blow they have inflicted. Afterward they should not seek a new cycle."