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US President Donald Trump has threatened to accuse Iran for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

The Compound in Baghdad was attacked by protesters angry about the death of the militia members in U.S. air strikes.

Mr Trump tweeted that Iran will "pay a very high price" for any damage or loss of life. "This is not A Warning , it is a threat," he said.

However, reacted to Iran 's Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , in the words of the U.S. "can't do a damn thing".

Anti-American sentiment was widespread in Iraq, he added.

Tehran has denied that he orchestrated The Attack on The Embassy in Baghdad.

Ayatollah Khamenei's English-language Twitter-posted account, a translation of his remarks.

demonstrators in front of the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday. According to reports, at least one Iraqi militia and his supporters to leave the territory had ordered.

The protests, in stark illustrate the delicate and difficult nature of the US relations with Iraq. The question now is whether this relationship is maintained, and if Yes, for how long?

The fight against the Islamic state (IS) group, the basic geometry of the Iraq covered government position. It is necessary, to help train the military presence of the United States and its forces. But its Shiite government was closely associated with Tehran .

a strange triangular relationship with the US and Iran developed, deeply suspicious of each others motives, and eager to have their rival's influence, should be reduced. Iraq is considering a sometimes bumpy road between them, rocky in recent weeks after a wave of domestic protest in Iraq to the government's incompetence, which is an element of enmity against the Iranian interference.

Iran , meanwhile, has expanded its ties to Shiite militias in the country from which it is judged that The Americans have been responsible for rocket attacks against the bases of the U.S. air attacks. The Americans see in Tehran is behind the attacks and want the Iraqi authorities to ensure the safety of U.S. plants.

send, But with the trump card-the management of conflicting signals about their future role in the region, to limit Some of the desire for their participation, and partly a message of deterrence " to Tehran - it is easy to be confused. And in the midst of this confusion, the risk of a direct confrontation between Washington and Tehran is only growing.

What happened on Tuesday?

The Angry mob you create an empty guard post on the road to the fire and injured a fire in a reception in The Embassy compound, leading US troops used tear gas to repel them.

in order to safety. U. S. Secretary of defense Mark Esper later announced that for the region. There are about 5,000 US troops already stationed in Iraq.

"The United States will protect our people and interests everywhere they are found all over The World ," he wrote in a Tweet .

Some of the protesters seen outside The Embassy on Wednesday, U.S. marines in The Embassy in Baghdad to the safety of

There were no plans to evacuate The Embassy , Secretary of state Mike Pompeo told Fox News . Ambassador Matthew Tueller was outside of Iraq for an already planned vacation and was actually returning to The Embassy .

Iraqi soldiers and police officers were used according to reports, later, and the protest faded as night fell. Fifty people were treated for inhalation of tear gas into hospitals in Baghdad, a health Ministry source told the BBC.

Mr Trump said that he expected Iraqi troops to protect The Embassy and its staff, and thanked Mr. Abdul Mahdi's actions during The Attack .

Why was The Embassy attacked?

Tuesday, the protest was held after funerals, and killed for the militia fighters, in the USA suggests.

The militia was an Iranian-backed force of Kataib Hizbollah militia in Western Iraq and Eastern Syria.

at least 25 fighters were killed in the US bombing of their bases on Sunday, Washington said, was killed in retaliation for the death of an American civilian worker in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base.

demonstrators The Embassy entrance on Tuesday Armed U.S. Embassy security handles the employees were photographed through a window, while on Tuesday said that the events

the Prime Minister of Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi had to be the strike's sovereignty against his country. The leader of the Kataib Hezbollah militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, warned that his answer is "that would be very hard for The American armed forces in Iraq".

On Wednesday, Iran 's Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , the "sharp" U. S. attack condemned", on the Kataib Hezbollah.

Why have the US target Kataib Hezbollah?

The US said the militia had carried out repeated attacks on Iraqi bases that host U.S. -led coalition troops are fighting against the Islamic state (IS) group.

In response, US forces carried out "precision defensive strikes added," - on Sunday, against five institutions, including weapon stores and command bases, his ability to carry out future attacks.

Since 2009, Kataib Hezbollah as a Terrorist organisation and its leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis thought of as a "global Terrorist ".

Kataib Hezbollah headquarters in the West of Iraq, were hit in the U. S. strikes

said The U. S. Department of defense, the militia had a "close relationship" with Iran , the Quds Force , the overseas operations arm of the Islamic revolutionary guards corps (IRGC), and had "always get lethal aid and other support from Iran ".

The Pentagon denied reports earlier in the last month, to meet that in the Middle East , Iran .

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Source of news: bbc.com