Israel may try to provoke war with attacks on US forces in Iraq - Iran's Zarif

'Be careful of a trap,' Zarif tweets at Trump, saying 'any fireworks will backfire badly'

DUBAI:

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday accused Israel of trying to provoke a war by planning attacks on US forces in Iraq.

“New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans — putting an outgoing (President Donald) Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli (act justifying war),” Zarif said in a tweet.

New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans—putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli.

Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs.

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 2, 2021

“Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly,” Zarif wrote.