“Further conflict is in none of our interests.” Global powers warn that the American airstrike responsible for killing Iran’s top general has made the world more dangerous.
responsible for killing Iran’s top general made the world more dangerous and that escalation could set the entire Mideast aflame. Some U.S. allies suggested Iran shared in the blame by provoking the attack.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas echoed the U.N. chief saying, “A further escalation that sets the whole region on fire needs to be prevented.” Maas also noted that the assault “followed a series of dangerous Iranian provocations.” “He should have been taken out many years ago!” U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted. But the president also told reporters: “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.”about Mideast stability. Social media flooded with alarm. Twitter users morbidly turned “WWIII” into the top trending term worldwide.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested earlier that Trump ordered it with one eye on his reelection campaign. U.S. allies Britain, Germany and Canada suggested that Iran bore some responsibility for the strike near Baghdad’s airport. Iranian state TV said 10 people were killed. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said in a televised interview:”“I hope the moods calm down and that Iran modifies its way of conducting politics, as other Arab countries have done in the past.”
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