Iranian President Hassan Rohani warned Saturday that the United States will suffer “the consequences” of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani “not just today but over the next few years.”
“The Americans did not realize the big mistake they made… No doubt the United States is much more hated today (than before) between the people of Iran and Iraq,” Rohani told a meeting. with the general’s family.
The Iranian President said that “young Iranians follow and love the way” outlined by the commander of the Iranian elite force Al-Quds and therefore in Iran “will be created, God willing, dozens of Soleimani generals”.
“The revenge on martyr Soleimani’s blood will take place on the day we see that as the fight continues the US evil hand in the region will be cut off forever,” Rohani said, according to a statement from the Iranian presidency.
According to Rohani, the US attack on Baghdad “will remain in the history of its greatest unforgettable crimes against the nation of Iran.”
The President emphasized that Soleimani, 63, “was not only a war commander and an important operations planner, but also an exceptional and talented politician and strategist.”
Hours earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif said the killing of Soleimani would lead to the “withdrawal” of US troops from the Middle East region.
The commander of Iran’s elite Al-Quds force, General Qassem Soleimani, died on Friday in an air strike against Baghdad international airport that the Pentagon said was ordered by the President of the United States.
In the same attack also died the ‘number two’ of the coalition of pro-Iranian paramilitary groups in Iraq, Abu Mehdi al-Muhandis, known as Popular Mobilization. [Hachd al-Chaabi], plus six other people.
The attack came three days after an unprecedented two-day assault on the US embassy that only ended when Trump announced the deployment of another 750 troops to the Middle East.
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