White House: Iran retaliation for Soleimani killing would be poor decision
White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday that any Iranian retaliation in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani would be a “very poor decision”, according to Reuters.
O’Brien, briefing reporters on the U.S. operation in a conference call, said Soleimani was struck while traveling around the Middle East planning attacks against American military personnel and diplomats in the region.
Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a U.S. air strike on their convoy at Baghdad's international airport early on Friday. Iran vowed “harsh retaliation”.
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