President Trump has said he does not want war but warned Iran it would face “Obliteration” if conflict broke out.
Speaking to NBC on Friday, he said the us was open to talks but would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
He also expanded on his last-minute decision to call off strikes planned in response to the shooting down of a us unmanned drone this week, saying he had been told 150 Iranians would be killed.
Trump denied suggestions that aircraft had already been on their way to attack Iranian targets – reportedly including Iranian radar and missile batteries – saying: “no planes were in the air.”
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Earlier on Friday Trump tweeted that the US had been “cocked and loaded” to strike.
