52 Iran sites in US crosshairs, Trump warns
President Donald Trump says 52 represents the number of Americans held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran for more than a year starting in late 1979. – EPA pic, January 5, 2020.
PRESIDENT Donald Trump yesterday warned that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them “very fast and very hard” if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets. In a tweet defending Friday’s drone-strike assassination of a top Iranian general in Iraq, Trump said 52 represents the number of Americans held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran for more than a year starting in late 1979.
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