Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter…We do not seek escalation or war….
Iran Blinks, Deterrence Restored
Iran’s leadership did not know what Trump’s red lines were before the US assassination of Suleimani. They literally had no idea. And they were testing it. They now know.
4 min readJan 8, 2020
Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched. We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression. J. Zarif — Iran’s Foreign Minister
Iran’s leadership did not know what Trump’s red lines were before the US assassination of Suleimani. They literally had no idea. And they were testing it. They now know. Ian Bremmer
