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Agence France-Presse reports:
President Trump on Monday night warned Iran of a counterattack “1,000 times greater in magnitude” after reports the Iranian government may have hatched an assassination plot against a US ambassador to avenge the killing of Qassem Soleimani.
Politico reported on Sunday, citing two unnamed government officials, the existence of intelligence reports about an Iranian plot to assassinate Lana Marks, the US ambassador to South Africa.
The plot is seen as a possible effort by Iran to retaliate against the Trump administration for the killing of Soleimani, a former top general, in a US drone strike in January.
Al Jazeera reports:
Iran has warned the United States against making a “strategic mistake” after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planned to avenge the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani.
“We hope that they do not make a new strategic mistake and certainly in the case of any strategic mistake, they will witness Iran’s decisive response,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei told a televised news conference on Tuesday.
According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering U.S. Troops, and the death & suffering…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2020
…caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2020
The fact is, Iran is closer to a nuclear bomb today than it was when Donald Trump took office.
Every day he’s in charge of our national security is another day our enemies are emboldened and the American people are at risk. https://t.co/hEMkpGARuo
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 15, 2020
Iran has also accelerated its nuclear program significantly. Trump’s Iran policy has made the US and the world less safe. Tweeting threats won’t change that https://t.co/Dgd8hkTcn2
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 15, 2020