After the Assassination of the Iranian President said “Those referring to the number 52 should also remember the number 290.

Hassan Rohani in a reference to the tragedy of the Iran Air flight 655, which was shot down in July 1988 by an American ship over of the Gulf and having cost the lives of 290 people

  Fear of a dangerous escalation. The death of General Ghassem Soleimani, Iranian number 2 killed on Friday January 3 on the orders of Donald Trump in an American raid in Baghdad (Iraq), is likely to set fire to the powder, Iran having quickly called to avenge the disappearance of this senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards. Follow the latest events live

“Never threaten the Iranian nation,” Iranian President Hassan Rohani launched on Twitter in response to the martial statements by US President Donald Trump, who on Saturday threatened to target 52 Iranian targets

The letter from the US military command in Iraq warning Baghdad of a redeployment of American forces is authentic but was sent in error, said the Chief of the General Staff, General Mark Milley.

“No decision has been made to leave Iraq. Point, “said Pentagon chief Mark Esper.

Iran must “renounce reprisals” and diplomacy must resume its rights to save the Iranian nuclear deal, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

President Donald Trump said top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was “terminated” when he was on the verge of attacking U.S. diplomats but he insisted that Washington is not seeking to topple Iran’s government.

“Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act,” Trump said in Florida.

While referring to the key Iranian figure, killed in a U.S. air attack earlier on Jan. 3 in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, as “sick,” Trump attempted to lower tensions by insisting that he does not want war with Iran.

“We did not take action to start a war,” he said, adding: “We do not seek regime change.”

U.S. officials said Suleimani, 62, was killed by a missile fired from a drone when he was near Baghdad’s international airport.

Five Revolutionary Guards were killed, along with five members of a pro-Iranian paramilitary force in Iraq, the Hashed al-Shaabi, including their deputy chief.

Iran named a replacement for Soleimani — his previous deputy, Esmail Qaani.

Soleimani had long been considered a lethal foe by U.S. lawmakers and presidents. The last straw was an attack by a pro-Iranian mob in Baghdad against the U.S. embassy this week.

Demonstrators managed to burn part of the compound, besieging diplomats inside.

Trump said Soleimani should have been killed “many years ago.”

But previous presidents have held back from what they feared would be an overly provocative step against Iran, which has been in tense confrontation with the United States and its main regional ally Israel for decades.

For Trump, who is campaigning for reelection on a platform of getting out of wars, the situation is high risk.

3,500 troops to be sent to Kuwait

And having repeatedly claimed to be pulling U.S. troops out of conflict zones, Trump sent more soldiers into the Middle East.

A Pentagon official said 3,000 to 3,500 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division’s Global Response Force, which already had sent hundreds of reinforcements earlier this week, will go to Kuwait.