Trump’s Top Iran Official: Attack on Baghdad Embassy ‘Orchestrated by Iranian Regime’

Trump’s Top Iran Official: Attack on Baghdad Embassy ‘Orchestrated by Iranian Regime’
Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters set a fire during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 1, 2020. Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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President Donald Trump’s special representative for Iran said that the Iranian regime was behind the attempt to gain access to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

The embassy was stormed on Dec. 31, 2019, by various Iran-backed militias and demonstrators. The groups set fire to outer walls and guard posts, hurled rocks at buildings, and threatened to kill Americans if they got inside the embassy.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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