Trump after the assassination: Suleimani planned to kill many more Americans

US President sent a message intended to calm escalation in the region, saying Iran did not win the war but also did not lose negotiations. Foreign Minister Pompeo said US was not interested in escalating

Trump after the assassination: Suleimani planned to kill many more Americans

US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter today that "Iran has never won a war, but it has never lost negotiations." This is the first reference by the US president to the elimination of the Quds Force commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards after he tweeted the United States flag on Twitter in the morning. Trump added that Suleimani planned to kill many more Americans, and that he was responsible for the deaths of protesters in the protests that struck Iran.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States is not interested in escalating and is committed to avoiding it. He wrote on Twitter that he had discussed this with a senior Chinese regime, with the British Foreign and German Foreign Minister. "The assassination was a defensive action in light of American warnings," he added.

In an interview with Fox News, Pompeo said, "We are confident that we have made a strategic move. It was a decision based on intelligence data." He added, "We had the opportunity to do this yesterday and took advantage of it. President Trump was responsible for all the actions."

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Earlier, the US Embassy in Baghdad called on its citizens to "leave Iraq immediately" after the assassination. At the same time, counterterrorism forces of the Iraqi army were deployed at the entrance to the United States Embassy in Baghdad. Russia has expressed concern that Suleimani's elimination will increase tensions in the region. "Due to increased tensions in Iraq and the region, the United States Embassy calls on US citizens to be careful and leave Iraq immediately. Citizens who need to leave and fail to travel from other countries by land," the embassy statement said. At the same time, the British army has also increased security throughout its bases in the Middle East.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the United States had a right to defend itself and that Suleimani was responsible for the deaths of innocent Americans. "As Israel has the right to self-defense, the United States has exactly the same right. Trump deserves all the esteem, and we stand by the United States." These are Netanyahu's first statements about the assassination of Iraq by Quds Suleimani commander in the US by US forces.

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