International
Cuba condemns US military attack in Iraq...
( Cuba )
Havana:Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez condemned the US act of terrorism in assassinating IRGC Commander of Quds Lt. General Qasem Soleimani in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. In a tweet on Friday Rodríguez wrote, “We strongly condemn US drone strike on Baghdad airport and use of missiles for targeted killings. This action is a serious escalation in the Middle East where a conflict might break out with unforeseeable consequences for international peace and security.” The...
Assassination of Qasem Solemani `barbarism`:Malaysia...
( Malaysia )
Kaula Lampur:Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, President Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM) in a statement vehemently deplored US act to assassinate Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani. “Gen Qassem Soleimani, assassinated by the US in an airstrike, shows the world that US a rogue nation of the worst kind,” the statement reads. “It is barbarism of the US that authorizes itself as a nation with license to kill,” it added. “This...
Assassination of Soleimani means targeting Jihad,Muqtada al-...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:A prominent Iraqi cleric has called an anti-US army to arms following the death of a top Iranian general in an airstrike in Baghdad. Muqtada al-Sadr tweeted that he was reactivating the army this morning following the death of Qasem Soleimani – an assassination that was ordered by Donald Trump. ‘I, as the official of the Iraqi National Resistance, give an order to the readiness of the Mujahideen to protect Iraq.’ He said ‘I, as the official of the Iraqi National Resistance,...
Haaj Soleimani “master of resistance martyrs”, avenging ...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:Describing General Qassem Soleimani as the “master of Resistance Axis’ martyrs,” Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed that avenging the commander of IRGC’s Quds Force is the responsibility and duty of all resistance mujahidin around the world. In a statement released on Friday, the leader of the Lebanese Resistance commented on the martyrdom of General Soleimani and Deputy Commander of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in a US strike on Baghdad airport...
Jeremy Corbyn criticises ‘belligerent’ Donald Tr...
( UK )
London:Jeremy Corbyn has said Britain should “stand up to the belligerent actions and rhetoric coming from the United States”, after Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iran’s top general. In a statement today, Corbyn said the killing was “an extremely serious and dangerous escalation of conflict in the Middle East with global significance”. “The UK government should urge restraint on the part of both Iran and the US, and stand up to the belligerent actions and rhetoric...
Grand Ayatollah Sistani condemns US’ ‘vicious’ attack...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:Iraq’s top Cleric Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali al-Sistani reacted to US forces’ terrorist act of assassinating General Ghasem Soleimani along with some other figures of the resistance movement. “A vicious attack led to the martyrdom of a host of heroes who had gained victory over Daesh,” said Ayatollah Sistani on Friday. IRGC confirmed on Friday that Quds Force commander General Soleimani has been assassinated by US airstrikes on Friday at Baghdad airport. Pentagon said in a statement...
US Senator condemns Donald Trump for ordering assassination ...
( US )
Washington:US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has condemned President Donald Trump for ordering the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, warning that the killing will destabilize the region and puts the US on the path to another war. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has condemned President Donald Trump for ordering the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, warning that the killing...
General Soleimani assassination is unlawful: UN Special Rapp...
( US )
Geneva:Qasem Soleimani’s assassination is unlawful and violates international human rights law, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said. Following the assassination of Mager General Qassem Soliemani, Agnes Callamard the French human rights expert and Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on her twitter mentioned the targeted killings of Major General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis are...
Imam Khamenei appoints General Gha’ani as new commander of...
( Iran )
Tehran:Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Esmail Gha’ani as the new commander of IRGC Quds Force commander. In a decree on Friday, Ayatollah Khamenei noted that Brigadier General Gha’ani has been one of the prominent commanders during the eight years of Sacred Defense and has been accompanying martyr General Soleimani in the past several years in the region. “The plan of the force will exactly be the same as the plan during...
Trump ordered killing of Iranian General Soleimani: Pentagon...
( US )
Washington:US President Donald Trump had ordered the US military to kill Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Pentagon has said in a statement. Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), were killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Friday. The IRGC confirmed in a statement that Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in...