Graham warns Iran of PAYBACK as fears grow Tehran will launch revenge attack on anniversary of Soleimani assassination
SENATOR Lindsey Graham is warning Iran of payback amid fears that Tehran will launch a revenge attack on the anniversary of General Qasem Soleimani's death.
The Republican senator, who is a top ally of , warned on Thursday morning: “Be careful what you do with Trump."
The Trump administration, set to end on January 20, a military handover to team, the president-elect said on Monday.
that assassination in a targeted US drone strike one year ago put the nail in the coffin of Trump’s “crazy” regime.
“One of the consequences of this shameless and foolish deed is the end of Trumpism,” Rouhani said during a televised session of the Iranian cabinet.
A Nato source : "The refusal to coordinate the handover of the most powerful military force in the world in a united, responsible manner would be almost unthinkable.”
Soleimani's death was described by Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation of Defence of Democracies, an expert on Iran and that would be a "massive blow to the regime."
"Bigger than [Hezbollah's Imad] Mugniyeh. Bigger than [Islamic state leader Abu Bakr] Baghdadi. For two decades, Soleiman has been the most powerul, savvy & effective terrorist on the planet," he tweeted.
The official told Fox they noticed "potential for other more complex attacks" against Americans in Iraq.
He added: "I think it is likely that the US Embassy in Baghdad would be attacked again in some manner."
"We're seeing planning for, particularly in Iraq for complex attacks that require Iranian assistance in order to be pulled off," the official said.
"It's unclear to us, whether it's contingency planning, or whether it's a plan that is advancing because approval has been given and they're just trying to get all the pieces in place and execute."
The official said possible attacks could include short-range ballistic missiles or potentially "unmanned systems,"; cruise missiles, and "quad copters."
"The scale of that planning and the complexity of the attacks that are envisioned are something that has certainly got our attention."
As of Wednesday morning, Iran had not publicly responded to the B-52 bomber mission.
for any deaths after the US Embassy in Baghdad was attacked by rockets.
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Officials said that that on December 20, the embassy in Baghdad was targeted by eight Katyusha rockets and that some buildings inside the fortified diplomatic Green Zone were damaged.