“never seeks war” with the United States, President Hassan Rouhani said as he sought to rein in soaring tensions between the two archfoes.
“ has no interest to increase tension in the region and it never seeks war with any country, including US,” the president said, quoted by state news agency IRNA on Wednesday.
But pressure mounted this week with Trump announcing sanctions on ’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top officials. “The ian nation seeks dignity, independence and progress; that’s why pressures by cruel enemies do not affect ians,” Khamenei said in a speech to a crowd in Tehran. Tehran’s compliance had been based on European promises to support ’s economy — which have failed to bear fruit — Rouhani told Macron.
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