The two leaders spoke just hours after rockets were fired at the US embassy in Baghdad • United States to UN: Kassem Suleimani's Assassination - Self Defense
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US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone tonight about "critical" regional issues, the White House said. The conversation focused on recent developments regarding Iran, and that night, rockets fired again at the US embassy in Baghdad.
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Rockets were launched at the US Embassy in Baghdad
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The brief statement released on behalf of the White House said the two leaders had been discussing "critical issues relating to the region and bilateral relations between the states." No further details were provided in the statement released. At the same time, US ambassador to the United States, Kelly Carpath, yesterday addressed a United Nations letter stating that the assassination of Kassem Suleimani, a Quds Force commander killed in a US attack in Iraq last week, was done as a self-defense operation. The United States will take additional steps if required to ensure the safety and security of U.S. soldiers and assets in the area.
As noted, at least two rockets fell during the night in the green zone of the administration district in central Baghdad, Arab media reported last night. An Iraqi security source told Al-Miadin that the rockets fell near the US embassy building inside a lake. No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting in the area.
Iranian Army missile attack on US bases in Iraq
The news of the rocket attack on the US embassy in Baghdad came just hours after President Trump's statement came in response to an Iranian attack the day before, in which Iran launched a missile attack from its US base in Iraq, an Arbil base located in the northern state and an eye to - Assad, located in the western part of the country.
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Trump said in a statement last night that his country would "immediately impose additional economic sanctions to punish the regime in Iran," stressing that "as long as I am president of the United States - Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons." "Since 1979, nations have been suffering Iran's conduct in the Middle East and around the world. Those days are over. Iran is the world's largest sponsor of terrorism. This will never happen," the president clarified, and even called on other countries to act accordingly. , Germany, France, Russia and China will recognize reality. "