"The Iranian president expresses condolences on the death of Commander Qasim Suleymani ... Of course, the great Iranian nation and other freedom-loving countries in the region will avenge the United States for their terrible crime," ISNA quoted him as saying.
The Pentagon previously confirmed that Kassem Suleimani was killed in Iraq during an operation by the US Armed Forces.
Later, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the killing of Suleimani “an act of international terrorism.”
On January 3, Kassem Suleimani was killed in a missile strike on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport.