Iran announced that it was “studying 13 retaliatory scenarios, after the American attack with a drone in Baghdad, which killed the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani,” explaining that it would “respond in proportion”, while Britain called for calm and defuse tensions with Tehran.

In detail, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, in an interview with CNN, broadcast yesterday, that "the killing of Qassem Soleimani is an act of aggression against Iran, and it amounts to an armed attack, and we will respond proportionally, and not otherwise." Proportionate, we are not outlaws like US President Donald Trump, ”he says.

Zarif stated that he had informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, that Washington refused to grant him a visa to attend the United Nations headquarters in New York, adding: “What we do know is that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, in connection with the UN Secretary-General, that they did not have Time to issue the visa, and they will not issue it. ”

Moreover, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, announced yesterday that Tehran is studying 13 "retaliatory scenarios to respond to the killing of Soleimani," adding: "Americans should know that until now 13 scenarios of revenge have been discussed in the Majlis, even if There was consensus on the weakest scenario, its implementation could be a historic nightmare for Americans. ”

For its part, Britain called for calm after the killing of Soleimani, saying that any war with Iran would be in the interest of the terrorists. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Rapp said: “What we are looking for is defusing tensions with Iran and not losing the elusive gains we have achieved in facing ISIS in relation to Iraq.

He continued, "Our concern is that if war breaks out, it will be very destructive, and the only victor will be the terrorists, especially (ISIS)."

He added, "We are working with our American partners and our partners in the European Union to send a completely clear and consistent message that the need to defuse tension and find a diplomatic path at the same time."

On the other hand, US Defense Secretary Mark Esber announced that his country has no plans to withdraw its forces from Iraq, in the wake of reports published by Reuters and other media, about a message from the US military to Iraqi officials about the relocation of the forces in preparation for leaving Iraq.

"There is absolutely no decision to withdraw from Iraq," Isber told reporters at the Pentagon, adding that no plans had been made to prepare for withdrawal.

And deployed in Iraq, a US force numbering 5200 soldiers, working to fight the terrorist organization "ISIS" within the international coalition led by the United States since the end of 2014, at the request of the Iraqi government, but the Iraqi parliament recently voted to authorize the government to end the troop presence Foreign.

On the other hand, about 50 people were killed, and more than 200 others were injured, yesterday, in a stampede during the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, in the city of Kerman, southeastern Iran.

Soleimani’s body passed through Iraqi and Iranian cities before his arrival in Kerman, his hometown. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Hussein Salami, told the mourners that “Iran will retaliate vigorously, and its response will be strong and firm.”

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One dead and 200 injured in a stampede during Soleimani's funeral.