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Trump avoids escalating crisis, says Iran is 'standing down'
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- U.S. President Donald Trump on January 8 backed away from days of angry rhetoric against Iran as the two countries tried to defuse a crisis over the American killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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- No military retaliation: Mr. Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to respond militarily to Iranian missile attacks on military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq overnight.
- On nuclear deal: He urged world powers to quit a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran that Washington withdrew from in 2018 and work for a new deal.
- Iranian attacks on U.S. base: Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq on January 8 in retaliation for the killing last week in Iraq of Iranian general Soleimani.
Source
The Hindu