<span style="color: #222222;">Iran's foreign minister Jawad Zarif today discounted the prospect of a new war in the region. Mr Zarif told state-run news agency IRNA at the end of his visit to China that there will not be a war as Tehran opposed it and no party was under the illusion the Islamic republic could be confronted.<br />''  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been on the rise as the United States has deployed a carrier group and B-52 bombers over what it termed Iranian threats.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Zarif said, US President Donald Trump does not want war but the people around him are pushing him towards it under the pretext of making America stronger against Iran.</span><br />''  <br />