Iran FM: Killing of Soleimani 'foolish escalation'

Iran's foreign minister has condemned the killing in a US airstrike of the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force as "extremely dangerous".

"The US' act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani - THE most effective force fighting Daesh (ISIS), Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda et al - is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation," Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter.

He continued by warning the US that it would be responsible for "all consequences of its rogue adventurism".

The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the US military killed Soleimani at the direction of President Donald Trump.

The general, architect of Iran's regional security apparatus, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday, alongside the deputy commander of the Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces.