Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans: US envoy
Brian Hook, US Special Representative for Iran, attends a news conference in London, Britain June 28, 2019. Photo: Reuters
The US special representative for Iran said the successor to Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed in a US drone strike, would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path of killing Americans, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.
"If (Esmail) Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same fate," Brian Hook told the Arabic-language newspaper, adding that US President Donald Trump had long made it clear "that any attack on Americans or American interests would be met with a decisive response."
"This isn't a new threat. The president has always said that he will always respond decisively to protect American interests," Hook said in the interview in Davos.
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