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“We are not looking for a war with Iran”, the White House official said.

Washington:

The United States does not want a war with Iran but must respond to an “escalatory” drone strike in Jordan that killed three troops, the White House said Monday.

“We are not looking for a war with Iran,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, adding however that the attack “was escalatory, make no mistake about it, and it requires a response.”

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