Tag: SOLEIMANI
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Iran’s Rouhani to Trump: You cut Soleimani’s arm, we cut off your legs
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani sent a chilling note to US President Donald Trump today that Washington might have “cut off the arm” of General Qassem Soleimani but America’s “leg” in the region would be cut off in response. Rouhani made the comments after Iran launched missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq, an action that…
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Fatal burial: 50 dead in burial of Soleimani
A stampede at the funeral for slain Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman claimed more than 50 lives on Tuesday, media said. “The number of those killed in this accident has topped 50. “Most of them are men,” the chief of the regional forensics office was quoted as saying by the…
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Iran postpones Soleimani’s funeral, gives reasons
The burial of a top Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday was postponed on Tuesday due to a stampede in his hometown, the semi-official ISNA news agency reports. The report did not say how long the delay to burying Gen. Qassem Soleimani would last. A report earlier said 35 people were…
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Fear as Anti-Trump protests spread, Shiites burn US flags in Abuja
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’tes on Monday protested the United States killing of Qasem Soleimani. They marched in a procession through Banex, Wuse Area to Burger roundabout in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja The members also demanded the unconditional release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and…
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Soleimani: US warns citizens against travelling to Nigeria
The United States has cautioned its citizens to reconsider travelling to Nigeria. It spoke in response to Friday’s killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone airstrike. In a statement published on its website, the US Embassy in Nigeria admonished American citizens to maintain low profile and take personal security measures across the country.…
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Soleimani: We’ll target 6,236 US sites, Iran fires back at Trump
The sabre-rattling is on between Tehran and Washington as a senior Iranian lawmaker responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to attack 52 Iranian targets. Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnouri said Iran will attack as many US targets as the number of the verses of the Holy Quran…
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Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian sites, says Soleimani’s killing warning
In a series of tweets Saturday, US President Donald Trump responded to Iranian threats of avenging Major General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination in a US airstrike, by warning that the US will hit 52 Iranian sites, dear to Iran. His tweets represent a further escalation of the tension, amidst protests by anti-war groups in the US…
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Soleimani: Britain warns citizens against travel to Iraq, Iran
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has warned British citizens against travel to Iraq or Iran amid heightened tension following the U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force. “Given heightened tensions in the region, the (foreign office) now advise people not to travel to Iraq, with the exception of the Kurdistan…
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How Trump made the decision to kill Soleimani
When President Donald Trump’s national security team went to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren’t expecting him to approve an operation to kill General Qassem Soleimani. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Secretary Mark Esper, and General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had gone to Palm Beach, Florida,…
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We killed Soleimani to stop a war — Trump
President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani to stop a war. Addressing newsmen in Florida, Trump alleged that Soleimani was “plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him”. Blaming Soleimani for the death…