Iran army chief Mousavi says US lacks 'courage' to initiate war

The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army said on Sunday that the US does not have the "courage" to initiate a war against Iran following the US-ordered killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi was responding to a tweet by US President Donald Trump who said that 52 sites in Iran would be targeted if Americans were hurt.

Mousavi's deputy, General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, said that "retribution" on the US for Soleimani's death is on Iran's "agenda."

He added that "God willing" Iran would deal "irreparable blows to the US.

Soleimani was killed in an airstrike near Iraq's Baghdad International Airport, ordered by US President Donald Trump on Friday.