{"id":27147,"date":"2020-01-05T15:13:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/05\/iran-says-its-response-to-killing-of-revered-quds-force-commander-will-be-against-military-sites\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:28:17","slug":"iran-says-its-response-to-killing-of-revered-quds-force-commander-will-be-against-military-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/iran-says-its-response-to-killing-of-revered-quds-force-commander-will-be-against-military-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says its response to killing of revered Quds Force commander will be \u2018against military sites&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest tit-for-tat escalation between Iran and the U.S. following a decapitation strike that killed Iranian general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/03\/iran-threatens-revenge-following-death-of-qasem-soleimani-as-iraq-government-condemns-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qasem Soleimani<\/a>, Iran is now threatening military sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/05\/middleeast\/iran-soleimani-khamenei-adviser-intl\/index.html\" target=_blank>CNN<\/a>, Hossein Dehghan, a military adviser to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Iran\u2019s response will be military \u201cagainst military sites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet me tell you one thing: Our leadership has officially announced that we have never been seeking war and we will not be seeking war,\u201d Dehghan told CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was America that has started the war. Therefore, they should accept appropriate reactions to their actions. The only thing that can end this period of war is for the Americans to receive a blow that is equal to the blow they have inflicted. Afterward they should not seek a new cycle,\u201d Dehghan said in the interview with CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from Dehghan come following threats from President Donald Trump Saturday that the U.S. military was targeting 52 Iranian sites, to include cultural locations, if Iran retaliated against the U.S. for the death of Soleimani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level &amp; important to Iran &amp; the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!,\u201d Trump tweeted Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interview with CNN, Dehghan called Trump\u2019s tweet that threatened Iranian cultural sites \u201cridiculous and absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Trump] doesn\u2019t know international law. He doesn\u2019t recognize UN resolutions, either. Basically he is a veritable gangster and a gambler. He is no politician he has no mental stability,\u201d Dehghan said in the CNN interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Islamic Revolutionary Guard commander told Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2020\/01\/04\/2174109\/vital-american-targets-in-region-within-reach-iranian-commander\" target=_blank>Tasnim News Agency<\/a> that there were 35 strategic U.S. targets in reach of Iranian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz is a vital thoroughfare for the West, and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf,\u201d Gen. Gholamali Abuhamzeh, an IRGC commander in Kerman Province, Iran, told Tasnim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another top Iranian military commander with the IRGC told state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/en.farsnews.com\/newstext.aspx?nn=13981014001252\" target=_blank>Fars News Agency<\/a> that Iran\u2019s response to the death of Soleimani would take place over vast geographic terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe assassination of martyred General Qassem Soleimani will be followed by a strategic revenge which will definitely put an end to the US presence in the region,\u201d Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami told Fars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis act of reprisal will come in a vast geography throughout time and with determining impacts,\u201d the IRGC commander told Fars.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5316a36c-fe01-4d81-b269-2423a84b1145\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-5316a36c-fe01-4d81-b269-2423a84b1145.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Trump addressed the nation and people Iran Friday following a strike he authorized to kill a top commander of Iranian militia and security forces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran controls and supports a nebulous web of militias and proxy forces that stretch from Tehran to Yemen and Syria. Iran has often used proxy forces to orchestrate attacks against U.S. interests and allies across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attacks by Iran-backed militias have often complicated efforts to directly blame Tehran for its malign behavior. Officials within the Trump administration have said the U.S. will hold Iran responsible for the actions of its militia groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq appear to be preparing to strike U.S. forces in the region according to chatter from social media accounts associated with various Shia Popular Mobilization Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Iraqi Hezbollah PMF groups in Iraq have been calling for on social media volunteers seeking to martyr themselves in attacks targeting U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/trump-threatens-iran-that-us-is-targeting-52-sites-if-tehran-retaliates-following-death-of-iranian-general\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19332686013758.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump threatens Iran that US is targeting 52 sites if Tehran retaliates following death of Iranian general<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cLet this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level &amp; important to Iran &amp;  the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A social media account associated with Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah \u2014 an Iran-backed militia that was targeted in five U.S. airstrikes on Dec. 29 \u2014 posted on social media Saturday that U.S. forces would be the target of attacks starting Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/04\/iraqi-security-forces-report-rockets-hit-balad-green-zone\/\" target=_blank>Coalition<\/a> officials in Iraq said Saturday that the International Zone in Baghdad took indirect fire and rockets landed near Balad airbase. Saturdays rocket attack brings the total to 13 strikes against bases housing coalitions troops in Iraq over the last two months, according to coalition military spokesman Col. 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