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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a US-ordered drone strike in the early hours of Friday morning. Follow our live blog for all the latest news and reactions to his killing.
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Top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, 62, was killed in a US-ordered drone strike at Baghdad airport early Friday.
Soleimani was the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and ran Iranian military operations in Iraq and Syria.
His killing marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Tehran.
The US Defence Department said it killed Soleimani because he “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region".
Iranian state TV described Soleimani's killing as "the biggest miscalculatRead More – Source
