Trump: Don't want Iran war but will protect US interests

Washington - US intelligence showed heightened activity by Iran or its proxies.

US President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three US officials said on Thursday.
"He doesn't want to go to war. It's not who he is," one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. But he has also made clear that he will protect US interests in the region, one official said. US intelligence showed heightened activity by Iran or its proxies that US officials took as a threat against American targets in the region.
Meanwhile, a deputy head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said even short-range Iranian missiles could reach US warships in the Gulf, and the United States could not afford a new war, the semi-official news agency Fars reported on Friday.

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