US and Iran trade more strikes in Gulf as fears of escalation mount
It comes as Iran condemned the US plan to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for war damages.
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"These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do."
— Donald Trump , Politician
"Seizing another country's assets to pay for unrelated future claims is an incendiary precedent."
— Abbas Araghchi , Politician
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It comes as Iran condemned the US plan to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for war damages.
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