The funeral ceremonies are marked by the thousands of people on the streets and the cry of Khamenei, very close to Soleimani.
Beside him was Esmail Ghaani, Soleimani’s successor to Iran’s elite Al-Quds force, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and other leaders of the Islamic Republic.
The promises of a response to the American attack came from Qassem Soleimani’s daughter Zeinab. “The families of US soldiers in West Asia … spend the day waiting for their children to die,” he said.
Palestinian militant Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is in Tehran and has also attended Soleimani’s funeral ceremonies. In a speech to the Iranians, he described General Qassem Soleimani as “the martyr of Jerusalem” and promised to follow Soleimani’s path to “confront the Zionist project and American influence.”
General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian elite Al-Quds force, was assassinated on Friday in an air strike on his car near Baghdad International Airport, ordered by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Trump on Twitter
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A warning to Iran, but also to the US Congress.
These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, and perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is never given nevertheless!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2020
In this informal way, in your favorite social network, Donald Trump has notified the US Congress that if “Iran will attack any American person or target, the United States will quickly and forcefully counterattack, perhaps disproportionately.”
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In the same tweet, Trump writes that, while no legal notification of an attack is required, he has decided to (via Twitter) inform Congress.
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Displeased german
Words that did not please Germany, with the German government saying that Trump’s threats are not “a big help.”
Faced with the current crisis, German chancellor announced a trip to Russia for talks with the Russian President about the death of Soleimani and what may happen from now on.
The trip comes after an invitation from Putin. Apart from the Iranian issue, the two will also analyze the situation in Syria, Libya and Ukraine.
China. US withdrawal from nuclear deal at root of all problems
Also in reaction to the latest developments, the Chinese authorities considered that the “maximum pressure” exerted by the United States is at the root of renewed tensions with Iran. At issue, the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran.
“Although Iran is forced to break the deal due to external factors, [Teerão] showed moderation, “said the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For China, the agreement can only survive through a “political and diplomatic” solution, an end to outside interference and avoiding “any measures that could further complicate the situation.”
The nuclear deal limited Iran’s atomic program in exchange for lifting international sanctions, but US exit weakened the pact.
Europe has tried to take steps to safeguard the deal, but the special payment channel aimed at circumventing sanctions has not yet been launched.
The Iranian government announced on Sunday that it had eliminated the last of its commitments, the limit on the number of centrifuges of about 6,100 for uranium production.
However, Tehran said it would continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which Geng interpreted as a “clear” signal of the “political will to fully and effectively implement the agreement.”
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