US assassinates Iranian general Soleimani news
Visit RT for articles on Qassem Soleimani, the deceased leader of Iran’s elite Quds Brigades. He was killed in Iraq in a targeted strike by the US on Baghdad Airport, along with six others, including the deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units. The attack was ordered by US President Donald Trump - go to RT for updates on the events it set in motion. Soleimani was responsible for solidifying Iran’s influence in the region and played a central role in the defeat of the Islamic State terror group (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and the survival of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria - visit RT for experts’ and analysts’ opinions on how his death might alter the balance of power in the region. Find out more about how Soleimani has been blamed by the US and Israel for thousands of deaths and numerous terror acts, making him the target of repeated assassination attempts by both countries.
- ‘You killed Islamic State’s #1 enemy’: Iranian FM Zarif skewers US over Soleimani assassination as Tehran ratchets up rhetoric
Washington boasts about defeating Islamic State, but instead, it vanquished the terrorist group’s most formidable foe, Quds Commander Qassem Soleimani, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said.Sep 28, 2020 13:27World News - IRGC chief warns Trump of retaliation if ‘a hair comes off an Iranian’s head’ amid rising tensions as US threatens sanctionsIran’s top general didn’t shy away from taking aim at Trump, metaphorically, telling him to worry about his signature haircut if the US puts any Iranian in harm’s way. It comes as more shots were fired in the US-Iran war of words.Sep 19, 2020 11:46World News
- Trump threatens Iran with attack ‘1,000 times greater’ after Tehran denounces anonymously-sourced report as ‘propaganda’President Donald Trump has warned that an Iranian attack on US personnel would trigger a massive response, citing an anonymous-source-based report claiming the country is seeking revenge for the killing of a top general.Sep 15, 2020 05:26USA News
- Sign of things to come? Iran shows off missiles named after Quds Force chief Soleimani & his Iraqi ally killed by US strikeTehran has exhibited an anti-ship and ballistic missile bearing the names of the renowned General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi ally who perished in a US airstrike in January.Aug 20, 2020 09:15World News
- ‘We’ll never forget’: Iran’s supreme leader meets Iraqi PM & vows to ‘strike a blow’ to US in revenge for killing of SoleimaniIranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the US will see further retaliation for the January drone strike on elite commander Qasem Soleimani, telling Iraq’s premier that Tehran will resist American meddling in the region.Jul 21, 2020 23:37World News
- US violated UN Charter with drone strike on Soleimani – UN rapporteur on extrajudicial executionsThe US strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was not justified by any ongoing or imminent attack on American interests and violated the UN charter, according to UN rapporteur on arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard.Jul 7, 2020 00:54World News
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