据TASS社2020年1月5日报道，1月5日，特朗普更新特推，称为应对苏莱曼尼被斩首后伊斯兰国任何潜在攻击，美军将“以迅雷不及掩耳之势沉重打击”52个伊朗目标，称“在此警告，如果伊朗敢攻击任何美国人或美国资产，将瞄准52个伊朗目标（数字代表多年前被伊朗劫持的52名美国人质），其中一些目标对伊朗及其文化极为重要”，“伊朗狂言打击某些美国资产，已经攻击美国大使馆，并将打击其他目标”。这是苏莱曼尼被斩首后，特朗普对伊朗的正面回应。

US to hit 52 Iranian sites very fast in response to any potential attack, Trump warns

US President noted that the Islamic Republic “will be hit very hard”

WASHINGTON, January 5. /TASS/. The United States will hit 52 Iranian sites “very fast and very hard” in response to any potential attack by the Islamic Republic following the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, US President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday.

“Let this serve as a warning that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), 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. The USA wants no more threats!” Trump wrote.

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets” in response to the American operation that killed Soleimani, US President said. “He was already attacking our embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years,” Trump noted.

The Pentagon earlier confirmed that a missile strike near the Baghdad airport killed the head of the Quds Force Qasem Soleimani. The operation was carried out at the direction of Donald Trump, the statement said.

Following the attack, the Supreme National Security Council of Iran vowed to exact “severe revenge” on those involved in the killing, blaming the US for the attack. In a telephone call with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the attack as an act of terrorism by the US.