An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that any U.S. attack could spark a "full-fledged war" during President Trump Donald John TrumpManufacturers association calls on GSA to begin transition process Biden vote tally getting close to 80 million Brent Budowsky wins The Hill's 2020 election prediction contest MORE’s final weeks in office. “A limited, tactical conflict can turn into a full-fledged war,” Hossein Dehghan told The Associated Press in an interview. One day earlier, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Tehran's uranium stockpile was 12 times higher than allowed under the Iran nuclear deal, which the Trump administration left in 2018. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will not negotiate its defensive power ... with anybody under any circumstances,” he said. The sanctions build on the administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran for its human rights abuses, military actions in the Middle East and buildup of its nuclear program.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 19, 2020 13:52 UTC