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'The UK is different from America': Iranian Ambassador on Trump
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15:06Now PlayingSeyed Ali Mousavi told Tonight with Andrew Marr that Iran is a "peace-loving country" with "no hostility to the British people".
He told LBC that the "root causes" of the conflict are the USA and Israel and said that he views the UK's position as 'different' to the US in the war.
But the Ambassador warned that if the UK were to attack Iran in future: "We will defend ourselves, we will defend our territorial integrity and the Iranian national sovereignty."
Mr Mousavi branded claims that drone strikes launched at the UK's RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus last week were anything to do with Iran was a 'false flag'.
The MoD is still investigating the incident - and earlier this week said it was not launched from Iran, amid claims it could have been launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Marr then probed Mr Mousavi on the position of Persian Gulf states such as Qatar and UAE in this conflict, particularly as many of them have US military bases.
He replied: “If they want to abuse these bases, properties and assets against Iran we consider them as legitimate targets and will act accordingly.”
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