Iran offers $80m bounty on Donald Trump

Tehran: General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC’s) Quds Force, and architect of its regional security apparatus, was killed in an American drone strike on 3rd January 2019, following a US air raid at Baghdad’s international airport.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei weeps at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani

The White House and the Pentagon confirmed the killing of Soleimani in Iraq, saying the attack was carried out at the direction of US President Donald Trump and was aimed at deterring future attacks allegedly being planned by Iran.

Iran has offered an $80 million bounty on US President Donald Trump over the death of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, a media report said.

During the televised funeral procession of the top Iranian, official state
broadcasters said on Sunday $1 would be tabled for every Iranian in the
country, with the cash going to whoever killed the US President, mirror.co.uk said in the report.

“Iran has 80 million inhabitants. Based on the Iranian population, we
want to raise $80 million which is a reward for those who get close to the headof President Trump,” it was announced.

The January 3 US drone attack ordered by Trump killed Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq’s paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.

The attack took place on the Baghdad International Airport’s road.

The attack has led to widespread condemnation in Iran. Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani has vowed revenge on the US.

Earlier on Sunday, Iranian MP Abolfazl Aboutorabi threatened to attack the heart of American politics.

“We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the
American soil,” mirror.co.uk quoted Aboutorabi as saying.

“We have the power… We will respond in an appropriate time,” he
said, adding: “This is a declaration of war, which means if you hesitate
you lose.”

During an open session of the Iranian Parliament on Sunday afternoon,
President Trump was called a “terrorist in a suit” after he
threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacks Americans or US
assets.