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		</div><p>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said he does not believe the US will pursue war with his country, because it will harm President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election bid.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani said that Mr Trump knows that war with Iran will “ruin” his chances of winning the 2020 US presidential election.</p>
<p>The Iranian leader added that war would be harmful to US interests and those of its regional allies, as well as Iran.</p>
<p><em>“I think the Americans aren’t after war since they know what harm it could do them,”</em> said Mr Rouhani in a news conference.</p>
<p>He said that Persian Gulf nations like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar stood a lot to lose if conflict between Iran and the US turns to war.</p>
<p>Tehran and Washington came close to an open conflict in January, when a US drone strike killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, outside Baghdad.</p>
<p>Iran retaliated with missile strikes on a base housing US troops in Iraq.</p>
<p>Tensions have been escalating steadily since Mr Trump pulled the US out of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani reiterated that the US should rejoin the nuclear deal if it wants to return to negotiations.</p>
<p><em>“We will finally get the enemy to sit at the negotiating table some day, like before,”</em> said Mr Rouhani, referring to the US.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani also encouraged Iranians to turn out in large numbers for parliamentary elections on Friday, as a show of defiance against the US.</p>
<p><em>“Americans will not be happy with a high-turnout,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“Surely they will be happy with a low-turnout election.”</em></p>
<p>Iran’s parliamentary elections are seen as a test of the popularity of Mr Rouhani’s relatively moderate and pro-reform bloc led.</p>
<p>His government, however, has mostly struggled to deliver on campaign promises to improve people’s lives as Iran’s economy buckles under the weight of US sanctions.</p>
<p>Iranian authorities have also barred thousands of parliamentary candidates from running, mainly reformists and moderates.</p>
<p>Friday’s elections could strengthen the hand of Iranian hardliners, who champion confronting the West.</p>
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