Iran's Foreign Minister Says It Has Concluded Its Response To U.S. Strike. Does Not Seek Escalation

Daily Mail: 'We do not seek escalation or war': Iran's foreign minister says it has 'concluded' retaliation after Tehran targets US troops in missile attacks as Trump tweets 'all is well' and says he will deliver statement today

* Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif insists they do not want a war after firing a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq housing American troops
* He tweeted that 'Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense'
* He warned that Iran did not 'seek escalation or war' but vowed to continue defending themselves if the U.S. chose to retaliate
* Firing of the missiles on Tuesday was a major escalation between Iran and the U.S. and raised immediate fears that the two were inching closer to war
* The response from the foreign minister is one of a few indicators that there might not be further retaliation on either side - at least in the short term
* It comes after President Donald Trump calmly tweeted on Tuesday night that 'all is well' shortly after the missile attacks

Iran's foreign minister has insisted they do not want a war despite firing more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq housing American troops in a revenge attack for the U.S. drone strike that killed their top Iranian general.

Foreign minister Javad Zarif defended the missile strikes saying Iran 'took & concluded proportionate measures' and was only acting in 'self defense' when they struck back at the U.S.

But while Zarif suggested their retaliation was concluded, he warned that Iran did not 'seek escalation or war' but vowed to continue defending themselves if the U.S. chose to retaliate.

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Update #1: Iran Says It Has Concluded Its Response To U.S. Strike, Does Not Seek Escalation (Newsweek)
Update #2: 'We do not seek escalation or war': Iranian foreign minister defends ballistic missile attack (Washington Examiner)

WNU Editor:We should treat everything that the Iranian foreign minister says with great deal of skepticism.