Iran top leader vows 'severe revenge' for Soleimani killing
14:54 UTC+8, 2020-01-03
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Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed "severe revenge" after the United States killed Major General Qasem Soleimani.
14:54 UTC+8, 2020-01-03
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This file handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 27, 2019 shows him addressing a meeting on the occasion of the "Basij Week" in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday vowed "severe revenge" after the United States killed Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic republic's Quds Force, in an air strike in Baghdad, Iranian state TV reported.
Those who shed the blood of General Soleimani and his companions "should await a tough revenge," Khamenei was quoted as saying.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps confirmed on Friday that Soleimani was killed in an airstrike on Baghdad International Airport.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Chen Xiaoli
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