Iran suggests Soleimani revenge attacks will target U.S. troops, maybe Israel

Iran votes to label U.S. forces a terrorist organization
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Iran plans to bury the remains of Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Tuesday, though the funeral was delayed a bit by a stampede of mourners in the southern Iranian town of Kerman, Soleimani's birthplace, that Iranian media said left at least 35 people dead. Interspersed with the mourning were increasingly specific calls for revenge against the U.S., which killed Soleimani last Thursday with a drone strike outside Iraq's Baghdad International Airport.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Tuesday that Iran has drawn up 13 sets of plans to avenge Soleimani's death, quoting Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, as saying even the least of the scenarios would be a "historic nightmare" for the U.S. "We're aware of their military personnel and equipment" near the Iranian border, he added. "If the U.S. troops do not leave our region voluntarily and upright, we will do something to carry their bodies horizontally out."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.