Iran Planned to Hit 400 Targets If US Had Attacked in January, General Says

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, speaks at Tehran's Islamic Revolution and Holy Defence museum, during the unveiling of an exhibition of what Iran says are U.S. and other drones captured in its territory, in the capital Tehran on Sept. 21, 2019. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

A top Iranian general revealed a plan to strike 400 U.S. targets if the United States had responded to a January missile attack on an Iraq airbase.

“The day we attacked Ain al-Asad, we thought the U.S. forces would respond after 20 minutes, so we were ready to attack 400 American targets,” Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh told Iranian state media Mehr News last week.