US President Donald Trump said that the United States has identified 52 Iranian sites that it will strike if Iran attacks any Americans or any American assets in response to the killing of the Qods Force commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, in a US attack with a drone, while the international coalition declared against " ISIS, which is led by the United States of America, yesterday, stopped the tasks of training and support for the Iraqi forces, and at the same time, the Iraqi parliament, at its emergency session, yesterday called on the government to "end the presence of any foreign forces" on its soil, by directly canceling the request for assistance submitted to The Alliance », and MPs approved «Iraq's decision to compel the government to save the sovereignty of Iraq by eliminating the request for assistance».
Trump said on Twitter yesterday: “Iran speaks very boldly about targeting specific American assets in response to Soleimani’s death. We have identified 52 Iranian sites, some of which are very, very important to Iran and to Iranian culture, and those goals and Iran itself will be hit very quickly and with great force. ».
He added, "The United States of America does not want any other threats." He pointed out that the 52 targets represent 52 Americans who were taken hostage at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979.
For his part, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview yesterday: "It is clear that the world is safer today", pointing out that American intelligence estimates were clear about Soleimani, and he made clear that he had no doubt that the Iranian leadership understood the direction Trump looked up and got the message across.
Pompeo added: "America will respond with legitimate strikes against the actual decision-makers who are directing any attack on American targets," stressing that any future US military action against Iran will be within the framework of international law. In return, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Trump, has warned, after His threats to hit 52 Iranian websites, saying that "targeting cultural sites is a war crime."
Yesterday, demonstrators in Iran organized funeral marches in several cities to mourn the killing of Soleimani, and several Iranian television channels broadcast these marches live, and the body of Soleimani was transferred from Baghdad to Al-Ahwaz city in southwestern Iran, yesterday morning, and his body will be buried Tomorrow in his hometown of Kerman city. On the other hand, the Iraqi parliament, at its emergency session, yesterday called on the government to end the presence of any foreign forces on its soil, by directing “canceling the request for assistance to the international coalition against the terrorist organization ISIS,” and the representatives approved Resolution «Obliging the Iraqi government to preserve the sovereignty of Iraq through I. Canceling the request for help, ”according to what Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi announced. The head of the caretaker government in Iraq, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, said yesterday in a speech to the Iraqi parliament that American drones and helicopters roam the skies of Baghdad without official permission.
And the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent formal complaints to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to the UN Security Council about the recent US strikes that led to the killing of Soleimani and a number of Iraqi soldiers.
In turn, the international coalition against the terrorist organization "ISIS" announced the suspension of training and support tasks for the Iraqi forces, due to the repeated rocket attacks on bases that include coalition forces.
"Our highest priority is to protect all coalition soldiers committed to the task of defeating ISIS," the coalition said in a statement. Repeated missile attacks over the past two months by members of the Hezbollah Brigades have killed members of the Iraqi security forces and an American civilian.
The statement continued: «We are fully committed to protecting Iraqi bases that host coalition forces. This has limited our ability to carry out training missions with partners and support their operations against (ISIS), and that is why we have stopped these activities. ”