Trump: I am not seeking a war with Iran, "but if it did, it would cause more destruction than you have ever seen before"
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US President Donald Trump has said he does not want war with Iran but has indicated that if it happened, it would cause massive destruction.
"I do not want to go to war, but if it does, it will cause more damage than you have ever seen before, but I do not want to do that," Trump said in an interview on Friday night with NBC.
This came in the framework of Trump's comment on questions about the reasons for canceling a military strike was designed to target Iranian military positions at dawn on Friday in response to the drop of Tehran a US reconnaissance plane said it penetrated the atmosphere.
Trump explained that he canceled the operation because the response in this way to drop the plane would have resulted in the loss of life is estimated at 150 people.
Trump "retreat at the moment of implementation of military strikes and agreed against Iran"
Airlines change course of aircraft after Iran dropped the American reconnaissance aircraft
Iran dropped the US-made Global Hawk aircraft and tracked the navy on Thursday morning, noting that a surface-to-air missile dropped it over its territory, while Washington said it happened on international waters in the Strait of Hormuz.
NBC correspondent Chuck Todd said after the interview that Trump said he had no preconditions for negotiations with Iran and that he wanted to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rowhani or Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
"Oil prices "
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Oil prices rose following the attack of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
The latest crisis has pushed oil prices above $ 65 a barrel on Friday on fears of a possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz and disruption of oil exports from the Gulf.
The White House said Trump telephoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the situation in the Middle East and the oil market after tension with Iran caused prices to rise.
"The two leaders discussed the vital role of Saudi Arabia in ensuring stability in the Middle East, the global oil market and the threat posed by the puritanical behavior of the Iranian regime," White House spokesman Hogan Ghidli said in a statement.
Security sources said John Bolton, Secretary of State John Bolton, Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo and CIA Director Gina Haskel were the main supporters of the retaliatory strike from Iran, but Trump dismissed it at the last minute.
Meanwhile, US military sources said that Washington is preparing to withdraw 400 people from the elements of Lockheed Martin and Salyport Global from a military base in the north of the capital Baghdad because of possible security risks after three US military bases were attacked by US forces to attacks last week.
"Democratic satisfaction"
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomed Trump's retreat from military strikes
Trump's surprise decision drew criticism from some, who saw him as a fear on the part of the US president to bear the consequences of the resolution, while some, including prominent Democrats, praised him for his restraint.
US House Speaker and Democratic Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi expressed satisfaction with Trump's retraction of the strike, which she said would have provoked the Iranians.
"A blow to the loss of this scale of losses would be very provocative, so I am happy because the president did not authorize it," Pelosi said.
Trump's retraction of Iran's military strike targeting three different locations suggests the US president wants a diplomatic solution to end the standoff with Iran, which Washington accuses of a series of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf.
"Trump Warning"
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"Parts of the wreckage of the American plane" was displayed in one of the sites of the Revolutionary Guards
Iranian sources told Reuters Tehran had received a warning message from Trump over the Sultanate of Oman about an imminent US attack but said it opposed the war and wanted talks on a number of issues.
It was not a consistent response to the downing of an unmanned march aircraft, and I am not in a hurry, and our army is sophisticated and ready to act, and it is the world's best by a big margin, "Trump said in twitter tweets.
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