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Esper has seen no

hard evidence for

embassies' threat claim

By ROBERT BURNS gled with its justification for
AP National Security Writer the drone strike that killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — De- Gen. Qassem Soleimani,
fense Secretary Mark Esper Esper and other officials
explicitly said Sunday that tried to refocus attention
he had seen no hard evi- on voices of dissent in Iran.
dence that four American Esper said street protests
embassies had been under in Tehran show the Iranian
possible threat when Presi- people are hungry for a
dent Donald Trump author- more accountable govern-
ized the targeting of Iran's ment after leaders denied,
top commander, raising then admitted shooting
questions about the scale down a Ukrainian passen-
of the threat described by ger plane.
Trump last week. In this image from video, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper talks to the press on Iran and Iraq,
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at the Pentagon in Washington.
As the administration strug- Continued on Page 4 Associated Press