Trumps says Iran likely ‘standing down’ after strikes

WASHINGTON 

Iran “appears to be standing down” after it launched a barrage of missiles at Iraqi facilities that host U.S. and coalition forces, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. 

Trump said the U.S. sustained no military casualties when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles in retaliation for the American assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the corps’ former Quds Force commander.

“Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned, and a very good thing for the world,” Trump said, flanked by top military and administration officials.

Soleimani was killed

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