Thousands chant 'death to America' at Iran prayers

Thousands at Tehran's Friday prayer shouted "death to America" and called for retaliation against US for killing Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani, state TV reported. Hardline cleric Ahm Khatami said resistance movement seeks revenge and that Soleimani's comres would t allow Trump to "sleep comfortably from w on."

US killed Qassem Soleimani, 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.  targeted killing of Soleimani, he of Iran's elite Quds Force, could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in region and spiral into a far larger conflict between US and Iran, endangering US troops in Iraq, Syria and beyond. 

Defence Department said it killed Soleimani because he "was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout region." It also accused Soleimani of approving attacks on US Embassy in Baghd earlier this week