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, where he is due to be buried later. READ ALSO […]
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. ‘Given the […]
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 […]
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 Iran’s […]