Democrats defending ‘terrorist’ Soleimani a disgrace to US: Donald Trump
His comments come days after the US House of Representatives last week passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s power to carry out military action against Iran.
His comments come days after the US House of Representatives last week passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s power to carry out military action against Iran.
Trump, however, called for harsher sanctions against Iran but made no mention of possible retaliation to Tuesday's missile attacks.
Khamenei added that the 'corrupt presence of the US in the region should come to an end,' saying it has caused 'war, division, and destruction'.
Trump, while confirming the missile strikes, further asserted that America has 'the most powerful and well-equipped military anywhere in the world'.
The Pentagon in a statement confirmed the missile attack, saying 'Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq'.
General Qasem Soleimani was killed along with eight others in a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump early on Friday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement on Friday said 'the increase in tension has alarmed the world adding that peace, stability and security in this region are of utmost importance to India'.
Trump said, at his direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the 'number one terrorist' anywhere in the world.
General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were among the eight killed in US airstrike at Baghdad airport.
The White House in a statement said that at the direction of Trump, the US military took a 'decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad' by killing Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
