Iran Foreign Minister Says Iran Acted in ‘Self-Defense’ by Firing Missiles at US Troops

Iran Foreign Minister Says Iran Acted in ‘Self-Defense’ by Firing Missiles at US Troops
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign secretary, at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce on July 4, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Michael Gruber/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote that Iran on Tuesday, Jan. 7, took appropriate measures when it fired missiles at two Iraqi bases overnight in response to the U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassam Soleimani.

“Iran took [and] 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,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night.
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