A TOP Iranian general has said even killing Donald Trump won’t avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani.

Soleimani spearheaded Iran’s operations in the Middle East and was killed in a drone strike in Iraq ordered by the US president, who claimed he was planning a "big attack".

4 General Amir Ali Hajizadeh promised more rocket attacks across the Middle East

The 62-year-old Revolutionary Guard’s general was the head of the country's elite Quds Force, considered to be a terrorist organisation by the US.

His death led to a barrage of least 15 ballistic missiles fired at two US bases in Iraq and there have been threats to kill the President himself.

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of Revolutionary Guard's Aerospace Force, said even killing Trump in revenge would not be enough.

“Even if we attack every US base, kill Trump and kill his Secretary of Defense that would not be enough to avenge the blood of Hajj Qasem (Soleimani),” he told Iranian TV.

“Trump is a deserter from the Vietnam War. Who the hell is he to threaten us? He must order many coffins for his soldiers before making any threats.

“Anyone can light the match but it will be us who will end the war and the losers in that war will be the Americans.”

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He was also quoted by the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV network as saying the “assassination of Martyr Soleimani will cause a tsunami in the region that will sweep away all US bases there”.

Separately, the general promised more missile attacks across the region and said Iran simultaneously carried out a cyberattack against US drone and plane navigation systems.

But despite Hajizadeh’s fiery rhetoric, both sides appear to be pulling back from further escalation.

US officials reportedly believe Iran may have deliberately missed American targets in Iraq in a bid to avoid war between the two countries.

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Donald Trump also refrained from using provocative language when it emerged an Iranian-fired missile may have brought Ukrainian Airlines plane crashed as it took off from Tehran.

Trump said he believed "somebody could have made a mistake” when the Boeing 737-800 was hit.

Al 176 passengers and crew on board were killed when the plane came down in a fireball and it is feared jittery Iranian air defences may have shot it down.

4 General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, was killed by US forces in Iraq