Trump says Iran 'waging war' against US since 1979, promises 'total victory'

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US President Donald Trump says Iran has been waging a war against America since 1979, and that Washington did not start a war with Tehran, according to Al Jazeera.

Addressing a Veterans’ Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, he says that it is time for the US to secure victory in Iran, adding that it “should have been taken care of a long time ago”.

“We want to make sure we have a total victory. Not a 93 per cent victory. It’s going to be total,” Trump vows. “It’ll take them 25 years to rebuild what we have destroyed, and hopefully, we won’t have to destroy any more of that country.”

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