Three years after the assassination in an American raid (decided by Trump) of General Qassem Soleimani, the Revolutionary Guards continue to affirm that his blood will be avenged.
A senior Iranian military official claimed late Friday that his country was still seeking revenge for Washington’s 2020 elimination of General Qassem Soleimani, hoping “be able to killformer US President Donald Trump.
“We hope we can kill Trump, (former US Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo and (Kenneth) McKenzie (former head of US Army Central Command in the Middle East), and the military officials who have gave the order to assassinate Soleimani”General Amirali Hajizadeh told television.
“We are now able to hit American ships at a distance of 2,000 kmwith missiles, said the general who heads the Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army.
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The ballistic programs of the Islamic Republic worry Westerners who accuse the country of wanting to increase the range of its missiles and destabilize the Middle East and Israel, sworn enemy of Tehran. On Saturday, state television broadcast images of shootings from a “new Paveh cruise missile with a range of 1,650 kmmade by the Revolutionary Guards.
Former head of the Quds Force, in charge of the Revolutionary Guards’ external operations, Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in Baghdad in an American raid in January 2020.
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President Trump said at the time that he ordered the strike in response to a number of attacks on US interests in Iraq.
Five days later, Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a US airbase in Iraq that housed US troops. No US soldiers were killed, but Washington said dozens of people suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of the blasts.