Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country 'never seeks war' with the US as tensions run high between the two countries
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran "never seeks war" with the US, state media reported on Wednesday amid a spike in tensions between the two countries.
Iran on Tuesday criticised new US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the "permanent closure" for diplomacy between the two nations. Rouhani went on to call the sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "outrageous and idiotic," especially as the 80-year-old Shia cleric has no plans to ever travel to the United States.
"The leader's assets are a Hosseiniye and a simple house. Our leaders are not like other countries' leaders who have billions in an account abroad so you can sanction it, seize it or block it," Rouhani said.President Donald Trump enacted the new sanctions on Monday against Khamenei and his associates.
After the downing of the drone, Trump pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military strikes but continued his pressure campaign against Iran. US officials said Washington targeted Iran's missile systems with a cyber attack after the drone was shot down. Tehran said the cyber breach was unsuccessful.
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