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[영어신문] Trump says US ready to strike 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attacks

by 투자비타민 2020. 3. 8.

*영어 신문 기사 내용 중에서 새로운 단어에 대해 해석을 표기해 놓았으니, 궁금하신 내용은 댓글을 부탁드립니다. 함께 공부해 봅시다. 감사합니다.

President Trump has warned the US is "targeting" 52 Iranian sites and will strike "very fast and very hard" if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets. *) assets 자산

The president's remarks followed the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone strike. 

*) assassination 암살, 훼손

Soleimani's killing was a major escalation between the two nations, and Iran vowed to take "severe revenge". 

*) escalation 단계적 확대

Writing on Twitter, Mr Trump accused Iran of "talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets". 

*) accuse 고발/비난하다, 혐의를 제기하다

He said the US had identified 52 Iranian sites, some "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture", and warned they would be "HIT VERY FAST AND HARD" if Tehran struck at the US.

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The president said the targets represented 52 Americans who were held hostage in Iran for more than a year from late 1979 after they were taken from the US embassy in Tehran. *) hostage 인질

Shortly after the president's tweets were posted, the website of a US government agency appeared to have been hacked by a group calling itself "Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers". A message on the American Federal Depository Library Programme site read: "This is a message from the Islamic Republic of Iran. *) depository 보관소

"We will not stop supporting our friends in the region: the oppressed people of Palestine, the oppressed people of Yemen, the people and the Syrian government, the people and government of Iraq, the oppressed people of Bahrain, the true Mujahideen resistance in Lebanon and Palestine, [they] will always be supported by us." *) oppressed 억압당하는, 탄압받는

The web page contained a doctored image of President Trump, depicting him being hit in the face and bleeding at the mouth. "This is only small part of Iran's cyber ability!" read text on the site. *) depict  그림으로 그리다, 묘사하다

What happened earlier on Saturday?

Mr Trump's tweets followed a huge funeral procession for General Soleimani held in Baghdad, where he was killed in a targeted drone strike on Friday as he left the airport in a convoy. Mourners waved Iraqi and militia flags and chanted "death to America". *) convoy 호송대 *) mourner 문상객 *) chant 구호, 구호 외치다

 

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