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Tensions in Iran decreasing as executions cancelled, US holds off strikes: Tharoor

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo KOCHI, Jan 17 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said tensions were decreasing in Iran as the authorities have cancelled over 800 executions and US President Donald Trump has decided to hold off any strikes for the moment. Tharoor said that these were hopeful signs that there may be a dialing down of the tensions. He said that evacuations were happening, and the cancelling of executions and the US holding off strikes were “good signs”.

Tensions in Iran decreasing as executions cancelled, US holds off strikes: Tharoor

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Key Highlights

  • The MP from Thiruvananthapuram said the other Gulf region countries would want calm and order in the region as refugees from Iran would cross over to their nations.
  • “There is also probably some anxiety about the geopolitical implications of allowing the situation to spiral out of control.
  • So my gut feeling at the moment is we may have turned a corner.
  • We’ll have to see as we are not recipients of 100 per cent accurate information,” Tharoor said.
  • Regarding the situation in Gaza, Tharoor said the peace there has entered the “second phase”, but the attacks are still continuing.
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