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Millions of mourners have thronged the streets in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman, the hometown of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, to attend a final funeral and burial rituals for the top defense strategist, who was assassinated by the US military during a visit to neighboring Iraq .
News ID: 448437 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Lebanese Media:
The Arabic-language Lebanese al-Mayadeen news channel said the remarks made by the daughter of the assassinated IRGC Qods Force Commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in the General's funeral speech showed certainty of revenge.
News ID: 448435 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
General Soleimani's Daughter:
Daughter of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated by the US in Iraq on Friday warned families of the American soldiers stationed in the region that they will not be able to enjoy calm and peace anymore as their loved ones will be targeted by the resistance forces.
News ID: 448430 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Influential cleric:
Iraq ’s influential cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has released a statement saying that if US troops do not leave the country, Iraq will turn into a new Vietnam for Washington.
News ID: 448429 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Back in 2003 the words “quagmire” and “end game” were on everyone’s lips - 17 years later the world has been forcefully reminded that the Western war on Iraq has still not ended.
News ID: 448426 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Rouhani tells Salih:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made it clear in a phone call with his Iraq i counterpart, Barham Salih, that the two neighbors will remain close allies even as they mourn high-profile commanders recently assassinated by the United States.
News ID: 448423 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Representative of Khuzestan in the Assembly of Experts:
Ayatollah Heydari said, “The people attended the funeral and commemoration of the Martyr Soleimani in such a magnificent manner because he is a symbol of Islamic resistance and Islamic resistance is a symbol of the Islamic Ummah.”
News ID: 448421 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
Ex-Iranian DM:
Former Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warned that the US assassination of Commander of IRGC Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who spearheaded anti-terrorism fight in the region pursues no goal but resurrection of the ISIL.
News ID: 448417 Publish Date : 2020/01/06
Iraq i lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill, demanding the withdrawal of US military forces from the country following the assassination of Iran's top military commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and the second-in-command of Iraq 's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
News ID: 448397 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
The US “aggressive” act in assassinating a senior Iranian commander and deputy chief of Iraq 's Hashd al-Sha’abi forces will give rise to anti-American sentiment across the Arab country, say political analysts.
News ID: 448395 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Millions of Iranians have flood the streets of the southwestern city of Ahvaz in a funeral procession for Major General Qassem Soleimani and his companions, who were assassinated by the US on a visit to neighboring Iraq .
News ID: 448394 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Leaders of the international community are scrambling to de-escalate a situation created following the assassination of a senior Iranian military commander in Iraq by the American forces.
News ID: 448387 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
A report says the assassination of Iran’s senior commander General Qassem Soleimani might trigger the pullout of the United States from Iraq .
News ID: 448379 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Senior Iraqi MP:
The leader of a powerful political coalition in Iraq ’s parliament says US forces will be driven out from the Iraq i territory, in the wake of the assassination of Hashd al-Sha’abi second-in-command, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
News ID: 448375 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
IRGC Commander:
Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that the Americans who are afraid of the scale of Iran's response to the assassination of the IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani have resorted to diplomacy.
News ID: 448372 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
An Iranian international energy expert says the United Sates killed a senior Iranian commander in Iraq because he had constantly opposed Washington’s plans for controlling oil wells in the country and in the wider region.
News ID: 448367 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Iraq held a huge funeral procession on Saturday for Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and his nine other companions who were martyred in a US drone strike in Baghdad Airport on Friday. High-ranking dignitaries attended the funeral cortege.
News ID: 448365 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that the assassination of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani violates the norms of international law, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Friday.
News ID: 448360 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
Afghanistan's second vice president has hailed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani as a "prominent figure" in the battle against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, saying his assassination has complicated the situation in the region.
News ID: 448359 Publish Date : 2020/01/05
The assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleiman in Iraq by US forces will likely lead to the expulsion of American troops on Iraq i soil and strengthen Iran’s allies in the country, according to Western analysts.
News ID: 448358 Publish Date : 2020/01/05