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When Will Iran Avenge The Killing Of Qassem Soleimani? .. International Newspapers Are RespondingIran is preparing to take revenge for Qassem Soleimani On November 20, 2020 Qassem Soleimani An American newspaper published on Friday morning discussed the file of the escalating tension in US-Iranian relations as US President Donald Trump's term neared its end, stressing that Iran is planning to avenge the killing of Qassem Soleimani in Africa. The Economist said that Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif did not rule out the possibility of Iran's retaliation against the United States , which assassinated Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in a drone raid on his convoy near Baghdad airport last January. The magazine quoted Zarif as saying, “I am not in a position to make threats,” but he added, “But the files have not been closed yet.” The Economist added, in a report published today, Friday: “Since President Trump issued his orders to assassinate Soleimani, Western spies have been on alert in preparation for the expected Iranian retaliation. Some believe that the strike may be in Africa, where Iran spent many years in Building clandestine networks, in places where they are not under intense scrutiny from local governments. ” The magazine went on to say: “Iran has a long history of conspiracy and failure in the African continent. In 2013, the Nigerian police arrested three Lebanese and uncovered a weapons depot in the city of Kano. Another Western in Nigeria ”. The Economist indicated that another plot to attack the Israeli embassy in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, was exposed in 2012. She said: “A report issued by the UN Security Council accused Ismail Djeda, who was arrested in Chad in November 2019, of assisting the Quds Force recruitment unit and training terrorist cells in the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan in order to attack Western, Israeli and Saudi targets.” The Economist quoted a Western intelligence source as saying that the police in Niger recently arrested a man who confessed to working in the “400 unit” of the Quds Force that specializes in covert operations. Sudan. The magazine concluded its report by saying: “Current and former Western intelligence officials confirmed this general pattern of covert Iranian activity in Africa, and one of them indicated that Tehran is trying to spread its wings as far as possible, and is exploiting some internal agents to work for it, which raises questions: Does it work Are they in order to avenge the killing of Soleimani? Or do they want to make headlines? And they chose Africa. Because it is easy to work there. ” The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari , had warned of the “worst scenario” that Baghdad may witness with the arrival of the first anniversary of the killing of the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis. "The missile attacks that targeted the Green Zone in Baghdad recently are a dangerous escalation by armed groups," Zebari said in a tweet in English that he posted on Twitter. "The worst will come on the first anniversary of the killing of General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis on January 3," he added, noting that "the Iraqi government should be prepared for the worst scenario."
