Tehran, Iran
Iran on Thursday warned Donald Trump of the consequences of any “adventure” before leaving the White House, after the president accused Tehran of being behind an attack on the US embassy in Iraq.
The American president said on Wednesday it would hold “Iran responsible” in the case of one deadly attack on Americans in Iraq, Just a few days before the one-year anniversary of the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. bombing in Baghdad.
“Our embassy in Baghdad was hit on Sunday by several rockets,” the outgoing president recalled on Twitter, referring to an attack that caused property damage but no injuries. “Guess where they come from: IRAN,” he added.
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“We are now hearing speculation about new attacks on Americans in Iraq,” he continued, before addressing “healthy and friendly advice in Iran: if they kill an American, I will hold Iran responsible.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to Trump on Twitter on Thursday, assuring that he “uses a worthless photograph to recklessly accuse Iran.”
Zarif said the outgoing president should “take full responsibility for any adventure.”
Trump ordered a drone strike in January to shoot down influential General Soleimani, who commanded Iran’s military strategy in the Middle East, in Baghdad.
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The Iranian military responded by firing missiles at Iraqi bases that contained U.S. soldiers.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran intensified again just days before the first anniversary of Soleimani’s death and just weeks before Trump left the White House in January, after leading a policy of “maximum pressure” on the United States. ‘Iran.