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U.S. KILLS TOP IRANIAN GENERAL IN AIR STRIKE

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The U.S. killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, in an air strike near Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran said

Iranian authorities have reacted with predictable vehemence at Gen. Soleimani’s “martyrdom” and vowed vengeance. This tit for tat between the U.S. and Iran could easily go out of hand and lead to a major confrontation in a pyretic and fragile region, with unpredictable consequences.

An influential commander
• General Qassem
Soleimani, who was killed
on Friday in a U.S. air strike
in Baghdad, was the
commander of the Quds
Force, the external
operations wing of Iran's
elite Islamic Revolutionary
Guard corps (IRGC)
• For over 20 years, Soleimani directed
Iran's foreign operations, which included
building networks and proxies across West
Asia that extended Iran's influence across
its borders
• The pro-Iran Shia militias that were
formed under Soleimani's watch played
key roles in the Syrian civil war and the war
against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
• In April last year. the U.S. designated the
IRGC as a "terrorist" group and blacklisted
the Quds Force
• On Friday. the U.S. said the air strikes on
the Quds Force chief was carried out on
orders of President Donald Trump

Road to
co
Tensions between Iran and the U.S.
nave been steadily escalating with
Washington tightening sanctions,
Tehran resuming activity
and a series of incidents in the
flashpoint Gulf
The trigger
May 8.2018: President Donald
Trump unilaterally pulls the U.S.
out Of the Iran nuclear deal.
Announces sanctions on Iran
On April 8, 2019; Washington
declares Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps a "terrorist" group. Its Quds
Which operates abroad, is
also put on the blacklist
Attacks on ships
May 12; Four Ships, including
three Oil tankers. are damaged in
mysterious attacks in the Gulf that
the U.S. blames on Iran
June 13: Two tankers, Norwegian
and Japanese, Come under attack in
the Gulf of Oman
U.S. shot down
June 20; Iran's Revolutionary
Guard says it shot down a U.S.
drone. which violated Iranian
airspace near the Strait of Hormuz
• Trump approves a retaliatory
strike. but cancels it at the last
minute
June 24: Trump announces
"hard-hitting" financial sanctions
on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and
senior Iranian military leaders
July 18; Trump says the US.
military has taken down an Iranian
drone that came dangerously
Close to one Of its naval vessels in
the Strait of Hormuz

Saudi Oil attack
September 14: Aerial attacks
claimed by Yemen's Iran-
backed Hauthi rebels spark
fires at two major Saudi oil
facilities
• Tehran is accused by the
U.S. and Other powers Of
being responsible but denies
involvement
September 20; Trump
announces "the highest
sanctions ever imposed on a
Country", hitting Iran'S
central bank
Killing the
commander
December 29:
The U.S. carries
Out air strikes
against bases
of a pro-Iran
group •n Iraq. •n
retaliation for an
attack on U.S.
interests
: Pro-Iran
protesters storm
the U.S. Embassy
in Baghdad
expressing fury
over the strikes
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A U.S. strike
kills commander
Qasem
Soleimani. the
Quds Force
chief, in Iraq
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Trump ordered
the "killing"
after the siege
Of the
in Baghdad
Baghdad
Jan. 2: Soleimani and the deputy
commander of Iran-backed militias
•n Iraq killed in airstrike at Baghdad's
international airport
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