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Iran says missile attacks on U.S. targets were "legitimate self-defence"

"Our action was a legitimate self-defence and the United States should avoid assessing it based on illusions," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed in his comments to Iran's stat-run broadcaster on Wednesday following Iran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq.

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Published January 08,2020
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Iran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday were "legitimate self-defence", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told state TV, adding that Washington's assessment to retaliate should not be based on "illusions".

"Our action was a legitimate self-defence and the United States should avoid assessing it based on illusions," Zarif said.

Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's commander of Quds Force Qassem Soleimani.