National security officials backed away from the president’s claim that Iran was preparing to attack four U.S. embassies.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s top national security advisors appeared on Sunday television shows this weekend to defend the U.S. assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani, which pushed both countries to the brink of war. But the officials backed away from Trump’s assertion on Friday that Tehran planned to target four U.S. embassies in the Middle East, a justification he used for the decision to kill Suleimani, the architect of Iran’s regional security strategy.
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Article URL : https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/13/trump-administration-mixed-message-iran-imminent-threat-embassies/