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Iran's Rouhani says military power 'purely defensive' by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2017 President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday Iran's military power was "purely defensive", after tensions with the United States over its missile programme and a nuclear deal soared following Donald Trump's inauguration. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has showed that it doesn't intend to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries," Rouhani told foreign diplomats in Tehran, according to the ISNA news agency. "Our military power is purely defensive," he was quoted as saying. The comments from Rouhani, a moderate expected to run for re-election later this year, come after the war of words between Iran and the US spiked following Tehran's announcement of a ballistic missile test and Trump's controversial travel ban. "At the current time, we must not allow some to create an unhealthy climate by conjuring illusions,&qu