Iran\nhas placed an $80million bounty on Donald Trump’s head and threatened to attack\nthe White House in response to the president’s warning that any strike on\nAmerican interests in the region will bring massive retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An\norganizer for a funeral procession for General Qassem Soleimani called on all\nIranians to donate $1 each ‘in order to gather an $80million bounty on\nPresident Trump’s head’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\norganizer made the remarks during the procession in Mashad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran\nhas also announced it they will no longer abide by any of the limits of its\n2015 nuclear deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nstatement issued by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s administration said the\ncountry will not observe limitations on its enrichment, the amount of\nstockpiled enriched uranium as well as research and development in its nuclear\nactivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\ndid not elaborate on what levels it would immediately reach in its program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nInternational Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations watchdog observing\nIran’s program, could not be immediately reach for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier\non Sunday, the Iraqi parliament voted for US troops to be expelled from the\ncountry. The vote will ‘obligate the government to work towards ending the\npresence of all foreign troops on Iraqi soil,’ the country’s media office\nstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As\ntensions escalate after Soleimani’s death, Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi\nthreatened to launch an attack on American soil in retaliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘We\ncan attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil.\nWe have the power, and God willing we will respond in an appropriate time,’\nAbutorabi said, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abutorabi\nwent on to say that ‘this is a declaration of war, which means if you hesitate\nyou lose’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘When\nsomeone declares war do you want to respond to the bullets with flowers? They\nwill shoot you in the head,’ he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abutorabi’s\nthreat was made during an open session of parliament in Tehran just days after\nIranian military Soleimani was killed in a drone strike on Friday at Baghdad\nairport. Soleimani was the architect of Tehran’s overseas clandestine and\nmilitary operations as head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After\nSunday’s funeral marches in Iraq, where thousands of people gathered,\nSoleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran. Video from\nthe scene showed a casket wrapped in an Iranian flag being unloaded from a\nplane as a military band played and the crowd angrily chanted ‘Death to\nAmerica’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nSaturday, Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami promised\n‘a strategic revenge which will definitely put an end to the US presence in the\nregion’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However,\nTrump, who Iranian leaders branded as a ‘terrorist in a suit’, threatened to\nhit 52 critical targets in Iran in retaliation if Tehran strikes any American\ninterests in the region. He upped the stakes after Iran said it had identified\n35 targets for potential strikes and raised its red ‘flags of revenge’ over a\nkey mosque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An\norganizer for a funeral procession for Soleimani reportedly called on all\nIranians to donate $1 each ‘in order to gather an $80million bounty on\nPresident Trump’s head’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An\norganizer for a funeral procession for Soleimani reportedly called on all\nIranians to donate $1 each ‘in order to gather an $80million bounty on\nPresident Trump’s head’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Let\nthis serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets,\nwe have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken\nby Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran\n& the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY\nFAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!’ Trump tweeted on Saturday\nfrom Mar-a-Lago, after spending the day at his nearby golf course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Iran\nis talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our\nridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American,\n& badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed\nover his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters,’ Trump\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘He\nwas already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other\nlocations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years,’ he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump’s\nthreat referenced the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1981, in which 52 US\ndiplomats and citizens were held hostage by student revolutionaries in Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His\nthreat to target sites important to ‘Iranian culture’ drew many accusations\nfrom critics that he was threatening to commit ‘war crimes’. A White House\nspokesman did not immediately respond to an inquiry about the list of US\ntargets from DailyMail.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘They\nattacked us, & we hit back,’ Trump said of the drone strike on Soleimani,\nwhich followed assaults on the US embassy in Baghdad by pro-Iranian militiamen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘If\nthey attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit\nthem harder than they have ever been hit before!’ he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘The\nUnited States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the\nbiggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or\nany American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment\ntheir way…and without hesitation!’ he said. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nSunday, Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad\nAzari-Jahromi tweeted: ‘Like ISIS, Like Hitler, Like Genghis! They all hate\ncultures. Trump is a terrorist in a suit. He will learn history very soon that\nNOBODY can defeat ”the Great Iranian Nation & Culture”.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\na CNN interview, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader\nAyatollah Khamenei, said: ‘The response for sure will be military and against\nmilitary sites.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Let\nme tell you one thing: Our leadership has officially announced that we have\nnever been seeking war and we will not be seeking war,’ Dehghan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘It\nwas America that has started the war. Therefore, they should accept appropriate\nreactions to their actions. The only thing that can end this period of war is\nfor the Americans to receive a blow that is equal to the blow they have\ninflicted. Afterward they should not seek a new cycle,’ he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dehghan\nwas referring to Khamenei’s statement in May when the supreme leader said\nTehran does not seek war with the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At\nthe time, Khamenei said: ‘There won’t be any war. The Iranian nation has chosen\nthe path of resistance. We don’t seek a war, and they don’t either. They know\nit\u00b4s not in their interests.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier\non Saturday, an Iranian official said at least 35 US targets, including\nwarships and Tel Aviv, have been identified for retaliatory strikes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian\nGeneral Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern\nprovince of Kerman, said vital American targets in the region were identified a\n‘long time ago’, including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and\nTel Aviv. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘The\nStrait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American\ndestroyers and warships cross there \u2026 some 35 US targets in the region as well\nas Tel Aviv are within our reach,’ he said, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hezbollah,\nan Islamic political and militant group, has also warned Iraqi soldiers to stay\nat least 1,000 meters away from US military bases from Sunday onwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vowing\nvengeance for Soleimani’s death, Iranians raised the blood-red ‘flags of\nrevenge’ over the minarets at the revered Jamkaran Mosque in the holy city of\nQom on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nretaliation attack from Iran could be seen ‘within weeks’ either at home or\nabroad, a senior congressional staffer told Time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nstaffer said: ‘There is no indication that there is going to be a de-escalation\nin the near future. The only question is how bad is the retaliation going to be\nand where and what is it going to hit.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abuhamzeh’s\nconcerning remarks that Iran has previously identified targets seems to confirm\nthe State Department’s reasoning behind the airstrike on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nState Department said: ‘General Soleimani was actively developing plans to\nattack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the\nregion.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘The\nUnited States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people\nand our interests wherever they are around the world.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile,\none of the Iranian-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades,\nwarned Iraqi soldiers to vacate any premises near US bases housing American\nsoldiers in a thinly-veiled threat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘The\nleaders of the security forces should protect their fighters and not allow them\nto become human shields to the occupying Crusaders,’ the statement said,\nregarding coalition bases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\na press conference after Friday’s airstrike, Trump said Soleimani was plotting\nattacks against Americans in a press conference after the airstrike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Soleimani\nwas plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military\npersonnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him,’ the president\nrevealed in a press conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although\nthe specific locations of the 35 targets have not been disclosed, the US\nEmbassy in Baghdad and the military base could be potential targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\ncomes off the heels of the slaying of an American contractor who was killed in\na rocket attack a week ago while working at an Iraqi military base in the\ncountry’s northern region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nUS retaliated by launching an attack on five Popular Mobilization militia bases\nin Iraq and Syria, killing more than 24 people and inciting a nearly two-day\nsiege of the United States Embassy in Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following\nSoleimani’s death, several Iranian officials and the 62-year-old’s supporters\nvowed revenge on the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian\nPresident Hassan Rouhani said the US made a ‘grave mistake’ in killing\nSoleimani and will supposedly suffer consequences for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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