Pompeo contradicts Trump's '52 Iranian sites' remark, says 'great respect' for the symbols

As American President Donald Trump had warned of targeting 52 Iranian sites on Sunday, w United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday,  has stated that y have a "great respect" for Persian history and its symbols. However, he furr slammed former Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini's regime and stated that his "corrupt regime should listen to people of Iran."

Pompeo's comment comes amid a heated war of words on social media following US airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on January 3.

Donald Trump's threats Iran

After attack on  Green Zone in Baghdad, US President Donal Trump has been issuing several warnings to Iran. He warned Iran that US will hit m back "Very hard and Very fast". 

Trump took to Twitter and stated that Iran has been boldly targeting US assets as revenge for Iranian general Soleimani's killing and US would t back off. He furr asserted that US has 52 Iranian sites within ir targets and y would t hesitate to attack m in case of any furr threats from Iran.

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Hassan Rouhani hits back

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani hit back at Trump and reminded him of Iran Air flight 655 incident where 290 passengers lost ir lives. Taking to Twitter Rouhani furr asserted that Iranian nation should t be threatened. 

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