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Donald Trump stopped strike on Iran 10 minutes before
Updated On: 22 June, 2019 10:32 AM IST | | Agencies
US president says he is in 'no hurry' to bomb Iran; US special representative on Iran says it has no right to respond to diplomacy 'with military force'
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General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (R), Iran's Head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, speaks to media next to debris from a downed US drone reportedly recovered within Iranu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s territorial waters. Pic/AFP
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday said the US military was "cocked and loaded" to retaliate against Iran after it downed an American spy drone, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before the planned strikes on three Iranian targets after being told that 150 people could die.
The late reversal was first reported by the New York Times on Thursday night after President Trump tweeted, "Iran made a very big mistake!" The newspaper said the operation had been "in its early stages" when President Trump called off the US military action against Tehran.
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