On Wednesday, Iran fired around 20 rockets toward US airbases in Iraq which housed American military personnel. This was in retaliation for the killing of a top Iranian General - Quassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n
A US sanctioned drone strike killed General Soleimani more than a week ago and sparked fury from Iran and fears of an all-out war.<\/p>\n
However following the missiles hitting the US bases in Iraq, President Donald Trump gave a speech from the White House declaring very little damage was caused by the Iranian missiles, and no personnel were harmed.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump also said: Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.<\/p>\n
However, the President pledged to immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime.\"<\/p>\n
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The Iranian government had previously repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible.<\/p>\n
The plane was shot down early on Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing US troops in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in an American airstrike in Baghdad. No-one was wounded in the attack on the bases.<\/p>\n
A military statement carried by state media said the plane was mistaken for a \"hostile target\" after it turned towards a \"sensitive military centre\" of the Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n
The military was at its \"highest level of readiness,\" it said, amid the heightened tensions with the US.<\/p>\n
\"In such a condition, because of human error and in an unintentional way, the flight was hit,\" the military said. It apologised and said it would upgrade its systems to prevent future tragedies.<\/p>\n
This came despite Mr Trumps calls for the UK to follow the US in abandoning the 2015 nuclear agreement.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Rouhani Mr Johnson also spoke of the \"continued detention of mistreatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals, asking for their release.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia condemned Iran's attacks on Iraqi bases hosting US forces as a \"violation of Iraqi sovereignty\", Saudi state TV reported.<\/p>\n
Iran fired around 20 rockets toward US bases in Iraq, but there have been no recorded fatalities and only minor damage according to US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
A statement carried by the official SPA news agency said: The kingdom denounces and condemns the Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty.<\/p>\n
\"Saudi Arabia calls on all parties to exercises self-restraint.<\/p>\n
Also following on from the attack on US airbases, a statement from Turkeys foreign minister said they do not want Iraq to become a battle zone.<\/p>\n
Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference along with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, Iraqi capital: We don't want Iraq to be the battle zone of the foreign forces.<\/p>\n
In response to Iran scrapping the limits imposed on their nuclear enrichment, Germanys foreign minister called for European powers to put forward a joint response.<\/p>\n
Heiko Maas told reporters on Tuesday: What Iran has announced is, we believe, not the right course and so we need to find a joint response.<\/p>\n
Iran cannot build its own nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
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