Daily Mail – Iran is considering 13 ‘revenge scenarios’ in retaliation for the US airstrike that killed General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, a top official has said. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, vowed that even if Tehran opted for the weakest option, it will create an ‘historic nightmare for the Americans’.

While Shamkhani would not reveal any specific details of the plans, he said all US forces in the Middle East are being considered for strikes. He said that US bases across Iraq are being kept under close surveillance and claimed to know the exact number of personnel and equipment being kept at each. ‘We insist that all troops be withdrawn,’ he said, according to Iranian newspaper Resalat.

‘If the troops want to dig into the bases, we will destroy the bases in addition to the troops. ‘Those who crawl into shelters and close the doors hoping to escape our revenge are unaware that the Islamic Republic will open the door to hell.’ He later added: ‘If the US troops do not leave our region voluntarily and upright, we will do something to carry their bodies out horizontally.’ READ MORE