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Stampede kills 35 mourners at Soleimani funeral

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2020 0

More than 30 mourners have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out on the final day of Qassem Soleimani’s funeral in Iran today.    Iran’s farewell to the general descended into chaos after thousands of people thronged to his home town of Kerman,

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Boris Johnson backs Donald Trump over killing of Qassem Soleimani

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2020 0

The Prime Minister of the United Kindom Boris Johnson has said that Late ‘General Qassem Soleimani posed a threat to all our interests and was responsible for a pattern of disruptive, destabilising behaviour.’ Speaking on Sunday night, Johnson offered support to the president Trump saying Britain ‘will not lament’ the death of Qassem Soleimani.

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Israel puts military on alert after U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2020 0

Jerusalem – Israel put its military on heightened alert on Friday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip abroad after the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani drew promises of revenge from Iran. Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East and Iran’s top regional foe, has not publicly responded to the […]

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Iran names deputy commander of Quds force to replace Soleimani after killing

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2020 0

Iran’s supreme leader appointed assassinated commander Qassem Soleimani’s deputy, Brig.-Gen. Esmail Ghaani, to replace him as head of the country’s Quds Forces, Iranian media reported. The force’s programme “will be unchanged from the time of his predecessor,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement published by state media. Soleimani, and architect of