Iran vows to seek revenge on the US after an American airstrike killed one of the country's most powerful military and political figures
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, attending a religious ceremony in Tehran.The strike was met with caution by the United Kingdom, one of the U.S.'s biggest allies that in the past has backed it in the Middle East and elsewhere.
As well as Iran's most senior general, Suleimani also held huge political clout, with many considering his influence second only to that of the supreme leader himself. Hours after Suleimani's death, Iran announced that Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani would replace him as head of the Quds Force, according to the country's semi-official ISNA news agency.Another man, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, said to be the deputy of the militias' umbrella group and a close adviser to Suleimani, was also killed in the U.S. airstrike, according to Iraqi television reports.
But the airstrikes also prompted some celebrations in Baghdad on Friday, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeting a video that he said showed Iraqis"dancing in the street for freedom."
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