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Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/01/09/israeli-analyst-iran-is-taking-a-step-back-for-fear-of-trump/
Israeli Analyst: Iran Is Taking a Step Back for Fear of Trump
(Algemeiner) Iran is pulling back from its latest confrontation with the U.S. because it fears President Donald Trump, veteran Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari wrote on the Mako news site on Thursday. He said Iran was "taking a step back or maybe just a time out" because Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was "scared of Trump." Yaari said, "Iran has instructed Shi'a militias in Iraq not to make good on their threats for now to launch a terror campaign against the 5,000 American soldiers in the country." Even Kataib Hezbollah, the pro-Iran group whose leader was killed along with Soleimani, was "now calling for 'de-escalation' instead of revenge." "In short: the roar of threats being heard from Tehran should be heard without too much anxiety. When the Iranians talk about 80 American dead as a result of the missile fire, they know very well that they are clinging to lies."