Iranian media: Supreme leader had wished 'martyrdom' for Soleimani

re has been an outpouring of grief in Iran after ir top military commander General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike, ordered by US President Donald Trump. Iranian media reported death of Soleimani, who h overseen unconventional warfares in Middle East to spre Shiite influence, as “martyrdom”.

Tehran Times editor-in-chief Mohamm Gheri wrote an article saying “Soleimani was a culture and culture cant be assassinated”. Calling US leer “stupid”, Gheri said Trump ministration assumed that assassination of Soleimani would end “axis of resistance” but he was t a person but a culture based on resistance. “y martyred a commander...igring fact that “culture and ideology of resistance” cant be assassinated,” wrote Gheri.

'Revolutionary warrior of Islam'

In ar opinion piece for Tehran Times, Syed Zafar Mehdi wrote that Iran’s Supreme Leer Sayyid Ali Khamenei h wished martyrdom for his “brave soldier” General Qassem Soleimani. “On blessed night of Friday, wish came true and ‘living martyr’ be us ieu,” ded Mehdi. columnist called Soleimani a “revolutionary warrior of Islam” and claimed that he “singlehandedly took on ‘gangsters’ of world from Washington to Tel Aviv”. After death of Soleimani, Iranian media called US military personnel, who carried out attacks, as “terrorists”.

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recent attack by Iran-back militia killed several service members including an American contractor, to which United States retaliated with airstrikes killing 25 fighters of Kataeb Hezbollah. It led to outr among pro-Iran voices and protesters entered high-security US embassy in Baghd and vandalised building. US President Donald Trump reacted sharply to incident and threatened Iran that y will pay a “big price”. threat was followed by drone strike at Baghd international airport killing Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU).

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In a televised dress from Mar-a-Lago, Florida, Trump said that his ministration took action against he of Iran’s elite Quds Force to stop a war and t to start one. In a televised dress from Mar-a-Lago, Florida, Trump anunced that US States military killed Soleimani in a “precision strike” at his direction.

“Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in act and terminated him,” said US President.

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