USA: Suleimani's successor expects a similar fate if he continues on his path

The Iranian administration's special envoy sent a threatening message to Ismail Kani, the new Quds Force commander who promised not to deviate from his predecessor's trajectory. "Trump has made it clear that any injury to Americans or American interests will respond with overwhelming response." Tehran: "Government Terrorism"

USA: Suleimani's successor expects a similar fate if he continues on his path

Iranian special envoy for Iranian affairs, Brian Hawk, warned that heirs of Iranian Quds Force commander Kassem Suleimani are expecting a similar fate to his own, "if he continues on the path of killing Americans." After the assassination of the senior general earlier this month, his deputy Ismail Kani was appointed as his successor. The latter promised to continue on the path of his friend, who was in charge of Revolutionary Guards operations across Iran's borders, and whose goal is to remove US forces from the region, in accordance with Iran's long-standing policy.

In an interview with Saudi Arabia's A-Sharq Al-Awset from the Davos Forum, Hawke said US President Donald Trump has long made it clear that "any injury to Americans or American interests will be answered with a crushing response." "This is not a new threat," he said. "The president has always said he will respond strongly to protect American interests. I think the Iranian regime now understands that it cannot attack America and evade it."

Tehran Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Musawi said Hook's remarks are a sign of "America's targeted and government terrorism."

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Was Suleimani's deputy. Ismail Kani (Photo: Reuters)

Ismail Kani, the new commander of the Qods Force in the Revolutionary Guards, January 3, 2020 (Photo: Reuters)

The United States has accused Suleimani of being responsible for the killing and wounding of thousands of U.S. soldiers in the region, and he was eliminated by Trump's order after the escalation that occurred on Iraqi soil.

It began in December with a rocket attack in which an American civilian was killed and continued with a United States air strike against the Hezbollah Battalion militia, which was blamed for launching. Suleimani's assassination came after Iraqi Shiite militants stormed the US embassy complex in Baghdad. In response, Iran launched missiles at US targets in Iraq a few days later, but there were no casualties from US forces.

At the same time, the Revolutionary Guards Air Force commander, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said today that four American bases were leaving aircraft and UAVs involved in Suleimani's assassination - two in Iraq and one in Kuwait. On official television, however, he did not say whether the UAV that launched the missiles at Suleimani's caravan was one of those who took off from Kuwait.

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