Iran on Friday said Iran, as the Islamic republic started commemorations to mark his death.
Former US President Donald Trump sent shock waves through the region on January 3, 2020 with the targeted killing of General Soleimani, who was commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operation’s arm of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.
He was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad ordered by Trump, along with his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, infuriating Iran and its allies.
Iranian forces said Soleimani’s murder is a clear manifestation of a ‘terrorist attack’ that was orchestrated and carried out in an organized manner by the then US government for which the White House is now responsible making reference to President Joe Biden’s administration.
The foreign ministry’s statement came as Iran prepared Friday to launch week-long activities to commemorate Soleimani’s killing.
