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Trump Iran Tag

In the short run, the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps., is a complete victory for Trump. The killing came after a long series of Iranian provocations over the past several months and years. The killing of an American and the attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad, together with planned attacks in the near future, were too much and provoked the drone attack on Soleimani.

President Donald Trump told the nation the Iran attacks on Iraqi military bases did not kill any American or Iraqi soldiers. He also noted that "Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world."

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has threatened the United States with 'jihad' after an American drone strike killed Qassem Soleimani, the chief of Iran's elite Quds Force. "All Enemies should know that the jihad of resistance will continue with a doubled motivation, and a definite victory awaits the fighters in the holy war," Khamenei said in a televised statement.

Tehran may have killed more than 1,000 protesters during the deadly clampdown against anti-regime protests, the U.S. State Department said. "As the truth is trickling out of Iran, it appears the regime could have murdered over a thousand Iranian citizens since the protests began,” the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, disclosed on Thursday.