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‘Decisively react’: Iran military leader says country is not afraid of war amid tensions with US

By Zach Halaschak
Published January 2, 2020 1:51pm ET
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‘Decisively react’: Iran military leader says country is not afraid of war amid tensions with US
Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters set a fire during a sit-in in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. troops have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of pro-Iran militiamen and other protesters who were gathered for a second day outside the American Embassy compound in Baghdad. | (AP)

Iran is not looking to go to war, but the country isn’t afraid to fight one, a top Iranian military leader said.

Amid growing tensions between the United States and Iran, Revolutionary Guards Cmdr. Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami warned the U.S. that his country would not shy away from fighting a war.

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