Iran's Zarif says 'short war' with Iran is an illusion - Twitter


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  • Thursday, 27 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sits for an interview with Reuters in New York, New York, U.S. April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump's view that a conflict with Iran would be a "short war" was an illusion and that his threat of "obliteration" amounted to threatening "genocide".

"'Obliteration'=genocide=war crime," Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter "'Short war' with Iran is an illusion."

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