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The US envoy warned the special commander Quds Ghaani could suffer the same fate as his predecessor Soleimani if he threatened the life of American citizens.
"If General Esmail Ghaani follows the path of killing Americans, he will suffer the same fate. This is not a new threat. The President always asserts his willingness to take strong action to protect American interests. I think the Iranian authorities understand that they cannot attack the United States without consequences, "Iranian envoy to Iran Brian Hook said yesterday in an interview in Davos, Switzerland.
General Ghaani spoke in Tehran in 2017 Photo: AP
The Iranian government criticized the statement, claiming it was a sign of "government-level terrorism" and urged the international community to condemn the US special envoy's statement.
General Esmail Ghaani was appointed as the commander of the Quds task force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Ali Khamenei, a leader of the supreme morale Ali Khamenei, less than a day after Qassem Soleimani's predecessor was hit by the United States. assassinated near Iraq's Baghdad airport.
He was described as "one of the IRGC's most accomplished commanders" during the Iran-Iraq War between 1980-1988. Ghaani became deputy commander of the Quds task force in 1997, with General Soleimani becoming commander and second commander in Quds for more than two decades.
"We promise to continue Generalimimimani's path with this force. The only compensation for us is to expel the United States from the region," General Ghaani said at the funeral of Soleimani's predecessor in Tehran on Friday. /first.
President Donald Trump on January 10 suggested that the US killed General Soleimani because he was planning to attack four U.S. embassies in the Middle East. However, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper later said there was no concrete evidence of the information.
Five days after Washington's air strike killed General Soleimani, Tehran launched a missile strike on US forces at two bases in Iraq in retaliation. A few hours after the raid, Iranian air defense mistakenly shot a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing 176 people.
