World News – FI – Iranian Foreign Minister urges Trump to avoid Israel’s “trap” in order to provoke war

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US. President Donald Trump is said not to be “caught” on Saturday by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war by attacking US Forces in Iraq

He issued the warning on the anniversary of the US Assassination of Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani by drone attack in Iraq There was no immediate comment from Israel

Washington blames the Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on U.S. Facilities in Iraq, also near the US. Embassy No known groups supported by Iran have taken responsibility

“New intelligence agencies from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent provocateurs are planning attacks against Americans – by associating an outgoing Trump with a fake casus belli (act that justifies war),” Zarif said in one Tweet

Esmail Ghaani, who succeeded Soleimani as head of the elite quds force, said on Friday that Iran is still ready to respond

The US. The military flew two nuclear weapons-grade B-52 bombers into a chilling embassy to Iran in the Middle East on Wednesday, but the bombers have since left the region

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