Reuters - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Tehran had no intension to go to war with U.S. forces in the Middle East.

�We do not wish to go to war with American forces in the region,� Rouhani told a news conference.

He said Iran would remain in a multinational 2015 nuclear deal that Washington exited in May.

�As long as the deal serves our interests we will remain in the pact ... Remaining members of the deal have taken very good steps forward but Iran has higher expectations,� he said, adding that expected U.S. sanctions in November on Iran were illegal and �nothing new�.