Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Friday that the targeted killing of Soleimani was 'extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation.'
Iran's top military commander Major-General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. military airstrike at Baghdad's international airport. The move was directed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Friday that the targeted killing of Soleimani was "extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation."Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in a U.S. military airstrike at Baghdad's international airport. The move was directed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Pentagon said Thursday.
"Soleimani's martyrdom will make Iran more decisive to resist America's expansionism and to defend our Islamic values," said on state television," Rouhani said on state television, Reuters reported. "With no doubt, Iran and other freedom-seeking countries in the region will take his revenge."Analysts say the death of the Iranian commander, who is highly revered back home, will trigger a backlash from Iran.
on Iranian-backed militia in five locations in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. attacks reportedly killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah.
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