In a major blow to Iran, top commanders of Iran and Iraq were killed in the air strike by the United States. A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad’s airport on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pentagon in a statement termed it a decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad. It said, General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US Department of Defense said, General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The air Strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday. Haj Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were riding in one vehicle when it was struck by two successive guided missiles launched from an American helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran has been locked in a long conflict with the United States that escalated sharply last week with the storming of the US embassy perimeter in Iraq by pro-Iranian militiamen following an American air raid on an Iraqi Shi’ite militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Global oil prices meanwhile soared more than 4% in the wake of the strike.Meanwhile, Iran has termed US act of killing of Soleimani an ‘extremely dangerous, foolish escalation’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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