DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran wants to reduce tensions in the Middle East after attacks on oil sites in Saudi Arabia, but any aggression will meet a crushing response, a senior security official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
"Iran's strategic policy is to reduce tensions... through dialogue but the country is fully prepared to surprise aggressors through a crushing and comprehensive answer to possible evil actions," the Etemad daily newspaper quoted the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, as saying.
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