Speaking on a live program on Iran's state-run TV on Thursday the commander of the Guard's Aerospace Force claimed the United States was planning to hit Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's residence in January, Radio Farda reported.
After the targeted killing of Qods Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani on Jnauary 3, President Donald Trump threatened in a tweet that the U.S. will target "52 Iranian sites … some at a very high level and important to Iran and the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, will be hit very fast and very hard." President Trump never named the 52 targets designated to be attacked if Iran hit American troops.
In response to Soleimani's killing, Iran attacked two Iraqi bases hosting American and other coalition troops on January 8.
Referring to President Trump's threat, Brigadie...
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