Donald Trump Threatens ‘Official End of Iran’ After Report of Rocket Landing Near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
- Donald Trump Threatens ‘Official End of Iran’ After Report of Rocket Landing Near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
by hortly after news outlets reported Sunday that a rocket had landed near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, President Donald Trump tweeted an ominous ultimatum to Iran, insinuating that a threat to the U.S. could result in the “official end of Iran.”
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“If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon. “Never threaten the United States again!”
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This was not the first time the president has demanded that Iran stop making threats to the United States. In July 2018, Trump wrote on Twitter: “To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”
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The president did not explicitly state what spurred this latest warning message, but his tweet came shortly after The Washington Post and other news outlets reported that a rocket had stricken the fortified Green Zone of Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad. “A Katyusha rocket fell in the middle of the Green Zone without causing any losses; details to come later,” the Iraqi military said in a brief statement to Reuters.
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The Post reported that no one immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket but that Iraqi officials suspected Iran-backed Shiite Muslim militias in the region.
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