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Top Iranian Officials Suggest They’ll Try To Avenge Soleimani By Killing Trump

Ryan Saavedra
Top Iranian Officials Suggest They’ll Try To Avenge Soleimani By Killing Trump
Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Top Iranian officials have kicked off the new year by suggesting that they may attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump after he leaves office in retaliation for U.S. forces killing Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, last year.

Videos of the remarks by Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary, and IRGC General Esmail Qaani, commander of the Qods Force, were posted online and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which tracks Islamic extremism, anti-Semitism and anti-American sentiment around the world.

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