Ariana News Agency-\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and\/or assets in Iraq,” Trump tweeted. “If this happens, Iran will pay a very heavy price, indeed!”<\/p>\n Trump, who did not detail the plot, made the threat less than an hour after receiving a foreign intelligence briefing at the White House.<\/p>\n Relations between the U.S. and Iran have been tense for decades, but especially in recent months.<\/p>\n In early January, Trump authorized a drone strike that killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n The strike was part of a tit-for-tat that included Iranian attacks on U.S.-backed Iraqi militias in Iraq. After Soleimani’s death, the Iranians launched an airstrike on a military base in Iraq that housed several American troops, injuring many but not killing anyone.<\/p>\n The new threats come as both the United States and Iran battle the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump issued another tweeted threat to Iran on Wednesday, saying he would retaliate if the Tehran government struck again at U.S. interests in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_mat_hreflang_tags":[],"addvideo":"","video_duration":"","farsit":"","target":"0","top_stories":"0","top":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[96,87,114],"class_list":["post-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-iraq"],"acf":{"myctype":"change","target":false,"top_stories":false,"top":false,"farsit":""},"yoast_head":"\n