Attack on the USA, Rohani: "You cut our arms, we will cut your legs"

2020-01-08T09:16:28.143Z

If the United States has "cut the hand" of General Qassem Soleimani, Iran will respond by cutting their "legs". This was stated by Iranian President Hassan Rohani commenting on the launch of missiles against American military bases in Iraq in response to the killing of General Soleimani in a US air raid in Baghdad. This was reported by the Fars news agency. This morning the Iranian Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei commented on the attack on US bases in Iraq as a "slap in the face". "We slapped them last night," he said speaking from the holy city of Qom. "But if it comes to confrontation, military action of this kind is not enough ... the corrupt presence of the United States must end." "Our main enemies include the arrogant system of Americans and Zionism," he added. Khamenei: Revolution is alive, the US will always be against Iran. "We should get stronger so that the enemy cannot harm us, the US will never end their enmity with Iran," he continued according to the Tasnim agency. The Iranian foreign minister specified that Iran's attack on US bases in Iraq was conducted in "legitimate defense" against a "terrorist attack" carried out with the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. "I have no precise data on the number" of victims of the attack on US bases in Iraq, "the army will supply. What is certain is that the Islamic Republic targeted a US base from which they had struck the commander Soleimani and that they had used in the past for attacks on Resistance forces. Therefore it was a legitimate target under international law, "added Zarif.