Tehran 0
19 September 2020

IRGC Commander Hossein Salami addressed President Trump and warned that “our promise to take revenge for the martyrdom of [Quds Force Commander] General Soleimani is decisive, serious and completely genuine”, proceeding to ask: “Do you think we would target a female ambassador in South Africa for the blood of our martyred brother?... We will target whoever had a role in the cowardly assassination”.

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