"Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack, he wrote, referring to the 12-day war launched by Israel on Iran in June last year. The foreign minister argued this was not a threat, but a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly, because as a diplomat and a veteran, I abhor war."
"The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which had been in the South China Sea in recent days, on Tuesday passed through the Strait of Malacca, a key waterway connecting the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, ship-tracking data shows. Araghchi's comments came a day after Trump repeated a warning that Iran would be wiped off the face of this earth if it ever succeeded in assassinating the US leader. I have very firm instructions."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that Tehran's armed forces will fire back with everything if Iran faces renewed attack, invoking a 12-day war launched by Israel last June. He called the warning a reality rather than a threat and said an all-out confrontation would be ferocious, prolonged and engulf the wider region, affecting ordinary people globally. Iran closed its airspace last week, possibly anticipating a US strike. Diplomats from Gulf Arab countries lobbied President Trump against military action. The USS Abraham Lincoln transited the Strait of Malacca toward the Indian Ocean, placing it days away from the Middle East. President Trump reiterated a warning that Iran could be wiped off the earth if it assassinated him.
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