{"id":116761,"date":"2020-09-21T00:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T00:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/21\/iran-vows-hit-on-all-involved-in-us-killing-of-top-general\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:56:02","slug":"iran-vows-hit-on-all-involved-in-us-killing-of-top-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/21\/iran-vows-hit-on-all-involved-in-us-killing-of-top-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows \u2018hit\u2019 on all involved in US killing of top general"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 The chief of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general\u2019s January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guard\u2019s website quoted Gen. Hossein Salami as saying, \u201cMr. Trump! Our revenge for martyrdom of our great general is obvious, serious and real.\u201d<\/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\/your-military\/2020\/06\/30\/iran-issues-arrest-warrant-for-trump-that-interpol-rejects\/\" 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\/GettyImages-1222991419.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\">Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump that Interpol rejects<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday.<\/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\">U.S. President Donald Trump warned this week that Washington would harshly respond to any Iranian attempts to take revenge for<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> the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, tweeting that \u201cif they hit us in any way, any form, written instructions already done we\u2019re going to hit them 1000 times harder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s warning came in response to a report that Iran was plotting to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for Soleimani\u2019s killing at Baghdad\u2019s airport at the beginning of the year.<\/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\">\u201cWe took out the world\u2019s number one terrorist and the mass murderer of American troops and many, many troops and many people all over the world,\u201d Trump said. \u201cQasem Soleimani is dead. He\u2019s dead. Bad guy. Bad guy. Very bad guy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salami rejected the report of an Iranian plot to assassinate Ambassador Lana Marks, but made clear that Iran intends to avenge the general\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Do you think we hit a female ambassador in return to our martyred brother?&#8217; the general said. \u201cWe will hit those who had direct and indirect roles. You should know that everybody who had role in the event will be hit, and this is a serious message. 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