Tehran 0
6 May 2019

A Supreme National Security Council official suggested that National Security Advisor John Bolton's 5 May announcement of increased U.S. naval and air forces was "mostly aimed at attracting attention" and "psychological warfare". He also predicted that it was "unlikely that commanders and forces of the U.S. military would be willing to test the proven capabilities of the Iranian armed forces". 

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