Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pays respect to Soleimani’s family

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday visited house of Qassem Soleimani to pay his respects to family of prominent Iranian general killed by US airstrike in Iraq.

Speaking to Soleimani's wife, Rouhani said US h me a "big mistake", which he said would be revealed to m t only today but in years to come.

He called killing of Soleimani biggest crime in history of US crimes, comparing it to a CIA-backed coup in Iran in 1953 or shooting down of an Iranian passenger flight in 1988 that killed all passengers onboard. Soleimani is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

US killed Iran's top general and architect of Tehran's proxy wars in Middle East in an airstrike at Baghd's international airport early on Friday, an attack that threatens to dramatically ratchet up tensions in region.