President Donald Trump ordered for the US airstrike in Iraq that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, in a “decisive defensive action” to protect US personnel abroad and deter future attacks being planned by Iran, the Pentagon said Friday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss Charge affairs to Tehran, the US interest section in Iran, to convey protest the US terrorist act in martyring the glorious IRGC commander Qasem Soleiman.
The media reported that the Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Esmail Qaani (Ghaani) as commander of Qods force less than 12 hours after the killing of Qassem Soleimani
The United States of America has called on its citizens to leave Iraq immediately, after Qassem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.
Iranian media reported that the death toll in the American attack reached 12 people, including Qassem Soleimani.