Iran will target US military personnel and bases to avenge Soleimani's death, top Iranian general warns

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• Maj. Gen. Hossein Dehghan, who advises Iran's supreme leader, told CNN that Iran's response to the US assassination of top military commander Qassem Soleimani "for sure will be military and against military sites."
• "We can say America, Mr. Trump, has taken action directly against us — so we take direct action against America," Dehghan said in the interview broadcast Sunday.
• He also dismissed President Donald Trump's threat to target Iranian cultural sites if Iran avenged Soleimani's death.
• "No American military staff, no American political center, no American military base, no American vessel will be safe" if Trump destroys the cultural sites, Dehghan said.
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A top Iranian general has warned that the Islamic republic will target the US military to avenge the assassination of leading military commander Qassem Soleimani last week.

In a CNN interview broadcast Sunday, Maj. Gen. Hossein Dehghan — who advises Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — said that Iran's response will "for sure will be military and against military sites."

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