SUBSCRIBE to EIR Daily Alert Service U.S.-Iran Tensions High at Jan. 3 Anniversary of U.S. Assassination of Iranian General Jan. 2, 2021 (EIRNS)—Jan. 3 is the first anniversary of the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, in Iraq, who had been the long-time commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force. The rhetoric is more intense than ever. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took one very important initiative today, warning the U.S. against falling for, or plotting for, any false flag action, to make it seem Iran would stage an attack. Zarif warned President Donald Trump on Twitter not to be drawn in, writing: “Be careful of a trap. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs.” His message, reported by RT today, was that, “New intelligence from Iraq indicates that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans—putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli.”