‘A historic nightmare’: Iran considering 13 ‘revenge scenarios’ against US

Iranian security council moves to deny earlier claims about retribution plans

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Crowds flock for the funeral procession of General Qasem Soleimani in Tehran
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Tehran is reportedly considering 13 different “revenge scenarios” in response to the US assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.

Addressing a meeting of his government’s National Security Council shortly after the killing, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that any violent response would take the form of “a direct and proportional attack on American interests” carried out by Iranian forces, The New York Times reports.

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