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State Department: U.S. Seeks to "Restore Deterrence Against Iran's Regional Aggression"

(U.S. State Department) Senior State Department officials on Monday held a briefing on Sunday's U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. One official said, "It is clear that under the nuclear deal, Iran was able to run and finance an expansionist foreign policy, and we are trying to restore deterrence against Iran's regional aggression, against its missile proliferation around the region that finds its way into conflicts, as we have seen recently in Iraq. In the past two months alone, there have been 11 attacks on Iraqi bases that host coalition forces." "We will not tolerate this sort of behavior, not tolerate attacks on U.S. citizens, its military, or our allies....These were defensive strikes. But we are not going to let Iran get away with using a proxy force to attack American interests, and we will hold Iran accountable for these attacks, which we have done."
2019-12-31 00:00:00
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