US Air Strike Killed Iran Commander

Deceased,  General Qasem Soleimani

A US strike carried out on Friday on Baghdad's international airport has killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), AFP reports.

Meanwhile, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to take "severe revenge for Soleimani's death.

Early Friday, a volley of missiles hit Baghdad's international airport, striking a convoy belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran.

Just a few hours later, the Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Soleimani "was martyred in an attack by America on Baghdad airport this morning."

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the US strike as "extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation," as Khamenei declared three days of mourning.