IS THIS A THREAT?

Iran said plotting to assassinate US envoy to South Africa to avenge Soleimani

Politico reports that Lana Marks, a Jewish South Florida-based luxury handbag designer, was likely chosen due to her closeness to Trump, who ordered killing of Iranian general

Iran is plotting to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa as it seeks to further avenge the killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soeimani, the Politico news site reported Sunday.

The article, citing US intelligence reports seen by a US government official and another official familiar with them, said that Ambassador Lana Marks was likely chosen due to her closeness to US President Donald Trump.

Iran has already retaliated for Soleimani’s killing, firing missiles at at US base in Iraq, to which the US did not respond. However, the killing of a US ambassador would likely push an already tense region to war.

US officials have said that Tehran was likely to seek to further avenge his death.

Marks, 66, a Palm Beach, Florida-based luxury fashion and handbag designer, is a long-time friend of the US president and was a member of Trump’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago club in Florida before she was appointed ambassador in 2018.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-said-plotting-to-assassinate-us-envoy-to-south-africa-to-avenge-soleimani/#gs.g2v1kd