<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): The US has identified 52 targets that it would hit if Iran launched revenge attacks on American interests, President Donald Trump has warned.</p>
<p>Both sides have spoken of Iran escalatory action after the killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad a week ago.</p>
<p>As the death of the Iranian commander was widely lamented, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed “tough revenge”, triggering fears in the region of heightened violence.</p>
<p>On Saturday night, President Donald Trump tweeted: “The US just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the <a href="/en/world" class="glossify-link">World</a>!</p>
<p>“If Iran attacks an American base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way…and without hesitation!” he wrote.</p>
<p>The US leader ordered 3,500 additional troops to the Middle East since an American contractor was killed in a rocket strike in Iraq. Washington instantly blamed the attack on Iran. </p>
<p>Trump wrote: “Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain US assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American...”</p>
<p>In his tweet, the US president said the number of targets matched the 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days by Iran in 1979.</p>
<p>sa/mud</p>
