Ceremonies to honour general killed by US begin in Iran's Ahvaz
Trump said strongly advised Iran not to attack US again. adding that United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment and remained the biggest and by far the BEST in the World.
" If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation"
@realDonaldTrump
They attacked us, & we hit back. If they attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before!The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation!
Trump said Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years.
Iranian leaders have vowed 'severe retaliation' for a US drone attack which killed General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force while on a visit to Baghdad.
Soleimani, seen as Iran's second most powerful man and the mastermind behind its power projection across the Middle East.
Read: Soleimani’s Successor Warns Of Harsh Consequences In Aftermath Of IRGC Commander’s Assassinating By US
The US says he was planning an imminent attack which would have cost hundreds of American lives and lead to full blown war.
@realDonaldTrump
They attacked us, & we hit back. If they attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before!The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation!
Trump said Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years.
"Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!
Iranian leaders have vowed 'severe retaliation' for a US drone attack which killed General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force while on a visit to Baghdad.
Soleimani, seen as Iran's second most powerful man and the mastermind behind its power projection across the Middle East.
Read: Soleimani’s Successor Warns Of Harsh Consequences In Aftermath Of IRGC Commander’s Assassinating By US
The US says he was planning an imminent attack which would have cost hundreds of American lives and lead to full blown war.
Since the commencement of the new waves of escalations in the Persian gulf as result of U.S. assassination of the Iran's top general, leaders in and around the world have been seeking ways to de-escalate the tensions.
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| Thousands #Iranians attend #IRGC’s Qassem Soleimani’s funeral procession in #Ahvaz, #Iran. |
Today in Ahvaz, ceremonies to honour top Iranian commander where his remains arrived from Iraq have began. State television started a live programme showing thousands of mourners dressed in black gathered in the south-western Iranian city.
The footage showed crowds gathered in Mollavi Square with flags in green, white and red — depicting the blood of “martyrs”. They held up portraits of the general, seen as a hero of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and for spearheading Iran’s Middle East operations as chief of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force.
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Men and women wept as they beat their chests to the sound of Shiite Muslim chants. Aerial footage showed a tide of mourners crammed into Mollavi Square and the surrounding streets of downtown Ahvaz, a city of 1.3 million people.
Semi-official news agency ISNA said Soleimani’s remains had arrived at Ahvaz airport before dawn.
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They are expected to be flown to the Iranian capital for more tributes this evening.
Tomorrow, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is expected to pray over his remains at Tehran University before a procession to Azadi Square.
His remains are then due to be taken to the holy city of Qom for a ceremony at Masumeh shrine, ahead of a funeral in his hometown Kerman on Tuesday.
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