Forghani, the former governor of southern Iran’s Kish Province, came up with the threat and vowed to back Bashar al-Assad’s regime to the hilt, reports The Daily Caller.
“Hopefully Obama will be pigheaded enough to attack Syria, and then we will see the … loss of US interests,” he threatened.
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One of President Obama's daughters will be kidnapped and raped if America attacks Syria, Alireza Forghani said according to The Daily Caller.
“In just 21 hours after the attack on Syria, a family member of every US minister [department secretary], US ambassadors, US military commanders around the world will be abducted. And then 18 hours later, videos of their amputation will be spread around the world,” he added.
A similar act was committed in a video of the torture of William Buckley, a CIA station chief who was kidnaped in Beirut in 1984 and later killed by Hezbollah on Iran’s order. That video was dropped off at the US Embassy in Athens and contained "horrific, medieval and barbarous" scenes as ex CIA Director William Casey said: “They had done more than ruin his body. His eyes made it clear his mind had been played with".
Earlier it was reported that the US has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack US interests in Baghdad if the attack goes ahead.
Iran orders militants in Iraq to attack US Embassy in case of strike on Syria – media
The US has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack US interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria, officials said, amid an expanding array of reprisal threats across the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The American embassy in Baghdad was a likely target, according to unnamed US officials quoted by the newspaper. The Journal said the officials did not describe the range of potential targets indicated by the intelligence.
In addition, the State Department issued a warning on Thursday telling US citizens to avoid all but "essential" travel to Iraq.
President Barack Obama has asked the US Congress to back his plan for limited strikes in response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians that the United States blames on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Iranian message, intercepted in recent days, came from Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Qods Force, and went to Iranian-supported Shiite militia groups in Iraq, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The newspaper reported that the message informed Shiite groups to be prepared to respond with force after any US military strike on Syria.
"Travel within Iraq remains dangerous given the security situation," according to the State Department's warning, which replaced an earlier one "to update information on security incidents and to remind US citizens of ongoing security concerns in Iraq, including kidnapping and terrorist violence."
The department said that numerous insurgent groups, including al Qaeda's Iraq affiliate, remain active and "terrorist activity and sectarian violence persist in many areas of the country at levels unseen since 2008."
It added: "The ability of the embassy to respond to situations in which US citizens face difficulty, including arrests, is extremely limited."
The State Department declined immediate comment. The CIA declined comment.
Voice of Russia, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Daily Call
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