Rouhani Adviser to Trump: ‘Looks Like You Are Going to Get War’ with Iran
- Rouhani Adviser to Trump: ‘Looks Like You Are Going to Get War’ with Iran
by https://www.timesofisrael.com/
In escalating sabre-rattling, Tehran’s ambassador to Britain also lashes Washington’s ‘theatrical maneuvers,’ but warns ‘Don’t test us’.
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A close adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that it “looks like you are going to get a war” with Iran, as the US deployed additional warships to the region amid rising tensions. In an English-language tweet tagging Trump, Hesameddin Ashena said, “You wanted a better deal with Iran. Looks like you are going to get a war instead.”
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He added, in an apparent reference to mustachioed US National Security Adviser John Bolton, “That’s what happens when you listen to the mustache.”
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“Good luck in 2020!” he added sarcastically.
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On Tuesday, in a rare television interview, Tehran’s envoy to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad, dismissed the US deployments as “theatrical maneuvers by the US administration,” and warned the US not to “try to test the determination of Iran.”
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In an interview with Sky News, Baeidinejad said, “While we have renounced any escalation in the region, I would assure you that Iranian armed forces are fully ready for any eventuality in the region, so they should not try to test the determination of Iran to confront any escalation in the region.”
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The comments come amid rising tensions in the region that saw the deployment earlier this month of an American aircraft carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf. On Sunday, four ships, including two Saudi oil tankers, were reportedly attacked off the United Arab Emirates coast in an attack US officials reportedly suspect was carried out at Iran’s behest.
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Iran has called for an investigation into what it called an “alarming” incident, while a senior member of Iran’s parliament blamed Israel on Tuesday for the attacks on the ships, for which no one has yet claimed responsibility.
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The attacks “appeared to be Israeli mischief,” Behrouz Nemati said after a closed-door session of parliament, quoted by state news agency IRNA. Also Tuesday, drone attacks by Iran-aligned rebels in Yemen shut down one of Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipelines, further ratcheting up Gulf tensions after the mysterious sabotage of the tankers.
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