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Monday, July 23, 2018
Germany urges restraint as US-Iran rhetoric spirals
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany is calling for restraint amid escalating rhetoric between the leaders of Iran and the United States.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger tells reporters in Berlin: “We support dialogue and talks, and we call on all sides to exercise restraint and rhetorical disarmament.”
US President Donald Trump tweeted late last night that hostile threats from Iran could bring dire consequences. Earlier in the day, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said America “must understand well that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”
Burger says that “threats of military force are never helpful, and I think that particularly in the tense situation in the Middle East this is not a helpful means of discourse.”
— AP
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