Trump threatens to strike 52 targets in Iran if Tehran retaliates
US President Donald Trump has vowed to strike "fast and hard" at 52 targets in Iran if Tehran takes revenge for General Soleimani.
“Let this serve as a warning that if Iran attacks Americans or American assets, we will strike 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some high level targets valuable to Iran and its culture, and those targets, like Iran itself, will be hit fast and hard. The United States wants no more threats,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
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| US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP |
On Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed that the United States conducted an operation in Iraq to kill General Qasem Soleimani. General Soleimani led the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's militarized force that the United States classifies as a terrorist organization.
Among those killed in the US strike was the deputy commander of Iraq's Shiite militias, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, whom US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed for the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 31, 2019. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed revenge for General Soleimani.
