Trump threatens Iran with retaliatory retaliatory attacks

5.01.2020 00:45

(Act. 5.01.2020 00:45)

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US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with countermeasures in the event of Iranian retaliatory attacks for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. The United States has targeted 52 Iranian targets that the U.S. military will attack if Iran attacks American or American institutions, Trump tweets.

Some of these goals are very important and important for Iran and Iranian culture. And these goals, and Iran itself would be hit “very quickly and very hard”. “The US doesn’t want any further threats.” In the post, Trump once again defended the targeted killing of Soleimani by a US drone in Iraq on Friday.

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In US cities such as Washington and New York, demonstrators took to the streets after the US attack on members of the Iranian army and state leadership. The activists condemned the Trump-ordered air raid that killed Al-Quds Brigade commander Soleimani. They also criticized Trump’s decision to send around 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.

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Iran vowed revenge after the killing of Soleimani. Iran could attack US targets in Iraq or other Middle East countries. Should this happen, an unpredictable spiral of violence threatens – as Trump’s recent threat shows.

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Trump justified the number of 52 selected destinations with a reference to “52 American hostages”. He was obviously referring to a historical event four decades ago related to the Islamic Revolution in Iran: Iranian students occupied the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 to oppose the upholding of the overthrown Shah Reza Pahlevi (Pahlavi) in the To demonstrate USA. They took 52 US embassy officials hostage and demanded the extradition of the Shah. Washington imposed sanctions and the hostage-taking ended after 444 days. At the time, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran because of the embassy occupation. The occupation of the embassy is still celebrated by the hardliners in Iran as a revolutionary feat and victory over US imperialism.

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As a sign of a possible first retaliation for the killing of Soleimani, bullets near the US embassy in Baghdad and an Iraqi base where US soldiers are stationed hit on Saturday evening, according to security circles. Previously, tens of thousands of Iraqis killed in a funeral procession for Soleimani and others killed by Friday’s US drone attack demanded “revenge” and “America’s death”.

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The US-led coalition against the terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS) confirmed that rockets had struck near two bases in Iraq on Saturday. This is a base in Baghdad and a base in Balad, about 80 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital, a spokesman said. Soldiers were not injured in the process. Iraqi civilians may have been harmed. A total of 13 such attacks have occurred in the past two months.

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