Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif harshly reacted to the killing of Qasem Solaimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Forces in a US drone strike in Iraq.
“US BEARS RESPONSIBILITYFOR ALL CONSEQUENCES”
“The US’ act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani — THE most effective force fighting Daesh (ISIS), Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda et al — is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation. The US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism,” Zarif wrote on Twitter.
Mohsen Rezaee, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, also said on Twitter that Iran will “take a bitter revenge from the US”
The strike near Baghdad International Airport also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, vice president of the Hashd al-Shaabi group, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).