Iran's foreign minister threatens 'all-out war' in response to potential military strike

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif threatened that an “all-out war” would result from a military strike on Iran by the United States or Saudi Arabia in response to last weekend’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

“I make a very serious statement about defending our country. I’m making a very serious statement that we don’t want war,” Zarif told CNN in an interview that aired Thursday.

“We don’t want to engage in a military confrontation,” he continued. “We believe that a military confrontation based on deception is awful, will have a...