Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.

Esper: US does not expect more Iranian retaliatory attacks

Image
AP Washington
Last Updated : Jan 12 2020 | 7:55 PM IST

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the Trump administration foresees no more Iranian military attacks in retaliation for the US strike that killed the Islamic Republic's most powerful general.

The Pentagon chief suggested that Iran's government is under internal threat following its downing of a Ukrainian civilian airliner.

"You can see the Iranian people are standing up and asserting their rights, their aspirations for a better government a different regime," Esper told CBS' "Face the Nation."
Esper said Iran's paramilitary Quds Force still presents a threat across the Mideast, but the specific attacks he said were being planned by the late Quds Force leader, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, have been "disrupted."

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

More From This Section

First Published: Jan 12 2020 | 7:55 PM IST

Next Story