In a TV interview, he said the President merely believed embassies were something the Iranian general might want to target, but had no intelligence of a plot
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he did not see any specific intelligence that showed a top Iranian general was planning to blow up four American embassies, contradicting President Donald Trump’s stated reason for ordering Qasem Soleimani’s killing.
The President’s reasons for ordering Mr. Soleimani’s death have loomed large as the world has grappled with its consequences, including Iran’s shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane carrying dozens of Canadians. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien also suggested that the U.S. did not know what Mr. Soleimani planned to attack, but just assumed he would go after an embassy.
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