Topic - National Security Council

After the attack, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard insisted the air base had been the “target of a destructive and powerful missile attack.” Iran's Supreme National Security Council also claimed the base had been “smashed,” without offering any specific damage assessments.

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However, Iran signaled a desire to de-escalate the tense military standoff with the U.S. In a statement after the failed attack, the Supreme National Security Council, which answers directly to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the attack did not target civilians nor “pose any threat to our friendly and brotherly country, Qatar, and its noble people.”

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