U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 10 that a senior Iranian general killed by a U.S. drone strike had been planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, a claim made to justify the decision but that was at odds with intelligence assessments from senior officials in Trump’s administration.
Washington Post: Trump now claims four embassies were under threat from Iran
Protesters demonstrate outside the White House on January 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. Iran fired at least a dozen missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq in response to the U.S. drone strike that killed Revolutionary Guards commander Qassim Suleimani.