US-Iran tensions: Iranian President Ebraham Raisi on Friday asserted that his country will not start a war but would “respond strongly” to anyone attempting to bully it, a day after the United States said it was planning attacks on Iranian sites in Iraq and Syria. This came amid rising speculation over a US retaliation following a drone attack by suspected Iran-backed militia that killed American troops in Jordan. US-Iran tensions: Iranian President Ebraham Raisi on Friday asserted that his country will not start a war but would “respond strongly” to anyone attempting to bully it, a day after the United States said it was planning attacks on Iranian sites in Iraq and Syria. This came amid rising speculation over a US retaliation following a drone attack by suspected Iran-backed militia that killed American troops in Jordan.