Iran Has No Pre-Emptive Strike Policy, Ambassador to Moscow Says
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Iran doesn’t have a policy of carrying out pre-emptive strikes to counter threats, the country’s ambassador to Russia said.
The Persian Gulf state is seeking to defuse tensions over its nuclear program after officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency were denied access to a military base in Parchin during two days of meetings that ended yesterday. An Iranian general, Mohammad Hejazi, said his nation would consider pre-emptive action when threatened, Fars news agency reported yesterday.