General Qassem Soleimani's body arrives in Iran as Trump issues new threats to target 52 Iranian sites 'VERY FAST AND VERY HARD'
Protesters demonstrate over the US airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 4, 2020.The body of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani arrived in Iran on Sunday in the city of Ahvaz to throngs of mourners.
Though it's unclear how or when Iran may respond, any retaliation is likely to come after three days of mourning declared in both Iran and Iraq.TEHRAN, Iran — The body of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani arrived Sunday in Iran to throngs of mourners after the US drone strike killed the commander, as President Donald Trump threatened to bomb 52 sites in the Islamic Republic if Tehran retaliates by attacking Americans.
Trump wrote on Twitter afterward that the US had already "targeted 52 Iranian sites , some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture."After thousands in Baghdad on Saturday mourned Soleimani and others killed in the strike, authorities flew the general's body to the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
Though it's unclear how or when Iran may respond, any retaliation was likely to come after three days of mourning declared in both Iran and Iraq. All eyes were on Iraq, where America and Iran have competed for influence since the 2003 US-led invasion. In a thinly veiled threat, one of the Iran-backed militia, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, called on Iraqi security forces to stay at least a kilometer away from US bases starting Sunday night. However, US troops are invariably based in Iraqi military posts alongside local forces.
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