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- Tehran reportedly seeking revenge over 2020 killing of top general Qassem Soleimani
- Top members of Trump administration also among targets
LONDON: Iran may be planning to assassinate top members of Donald Trump鈥檚 administration, including the former president himself, in revenge for the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a US intelligence report has warned.
Issued by the National Counterterrorism Center, the report also identifies threats against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kenneth McKenzie, former head of US Central Command, The Independent reported.
鈥淪ince January 2021, Tehran has publicly expressed a willingness to conduct lethal operations inside the United States and has consistently identified former president Donald Trump, former secretary of state Michael Pompeo, and former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie as among its priority targets for retribution,鈥� the report said.
鈥淚ran would probably view the killing or prosecution of a US official it considers equivalent in rank and stature to Soleimani or responsible for his death as successful retaliatory actions.鈥�
Iran is 鈥渨aging a multipronged campaign鈥� to avenge the death of the former Quds Force chief, including 鈥渢hreats of lethal action, international legal maneuvering, and the issuance of Iranian arrest warrants and sanctions,鈥� the report said.
Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike outside Baghdad airport in January 2020.