A number of people died during a funeral procession for Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman, Iran's Press TV says
to pay their respects to Soleimani at his funeral.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the airstrikes disrupted an"imminent attack" in the region that put American lives at risk. The deputy head of an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia was also killed in the airstrike.
Hassan Dehghan, the military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, said Sunday that his country's response to the killing by the US will certainly be a military response"against military sites."Iran will no longer limit itself to the nuclear restrictions set forth in 2015 by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action , according to a statement on state-run news agency IRNA. “Iran will set their limits based on their technical needs,” the statement reads.
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