US Special Representative For Iran: Successor To Slain Iran General Will Face The Same Fate If He Kills Americans

Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, attends a news conference in London, Britain June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

Asharq Al-Awsat: Brian Hook to Asharq Al-Awsat: Ghaani Faces Soleimani’s Fate if he Follows Similar Path

The US special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, has said that the successor to Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path of killing Americans.

After Soleimani’s killing on Jan. 3, Tehran swiftly appointed Esmail Ghaani as the new head of the Quds Force. He pledged to pursue Soleimani’s course.

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Davos, Hook also said the UN Security Council should condemn the September attacks on Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais.

Here’s the transcript of the interview:

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WNU Editor: I think the Iranians know that if Americans are killed because of an action that can be traced to them, there will be consequences.

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Replacement For Slain Iranian General Qassem Soleimani Vows Revenge For U.S. Airstrikes

Daily Mail: Replacement for slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani vows revenge for U.S. airstrikes in chilling threat issued on state TV - as his daughter swears death to American soldiers

* Iranian general Esmail Ghaani made the threat on Monday in an interview with the country's state television
* He vowed revenge for the U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
* Soleimani's daughter, Zeinab, directly threatened an attack on the U.S. military, saying their families 'will spend their days waiting for death of their children'
* It comes as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in response to the slaying
* Separately, Iraq's parliament has called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraqi soil
* Adding to the tensions, President Trump threatened to demand billions of dollars in compensation from Iraq or impose sanctions

An Iranian general who replaced Qassem Soleimani after he was killed by the U.S. airstrike has vowed to take revenge as the slain leader's daughter swears death to the families of American soldiers.

Esmail Ghaani's threat on Monday in an interview with Iranian state television comes as part of the fallout over the U.S. killing of the top Iranian general.

'God the almighty has promised to get his revenge, and God is the main avenger. Certainly actions will be taken,' he said.

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