Pope calls for dialogue and restraint amid growing US-Iran tensions
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Pope Francis called on Sunday, January 5, for dialogue and restraint two days after the assassination of the top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani by the United States.
Speaking at the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, the pope did not mention Iran by name but spoke of a terrible air of tension that could now be felt in many parts of the world, according to Reuters.
“I call on all sides to keep the flame of dialogue and self-restraint alight and ward off the shadow of hostility,” he said. “War only brings death and destruction.”
On Friday a US drone strike on a convoy at Baghdad airport martyred commander Soleimani, drawing promises of harsh revenge by Tehran.
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