Iran Press/ Iran news: Major General Hatami in talk with Hulusi Akar, the Turkish National Defense Minister, described the assassination of Lieutenant General Soleimani as cowardly move and state-sponsored terrorism and said: "The Americans once again showed their criminal face and terrorist nature to the world".
The Iranian defense chief said US President Donald Trump's order to the assassination of LT Gen Soleimani was 'miscalculation, strategic mistake and savage act' and emphasized that martyrdom of Lt Gen Soleimani and his companions would further strengthen the Resistant axis.
The Turkish defense minister, for his part, offered his condolences over the assassination of general Soleimani and stressed the importance of boosting bilateral cooperation on regional and international developments.
Akar said that the creation of tension and instability in the region would not be beneficial to any country, adding that Ankara has always called for the establishment of sustainable security.
Hulusi Akar also on the same day had a phone talk with Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri.
Major General Mohammad Baqeri said that the Islamic Republic is not interested in the escalation of tensions in the region, but is ready to give a crushing response to any act of aggression.
Iranian top General expressed hopes that withdrawal of the US from the region would put an end to all chaos and conflicts.
On January 3, the United States assassinated Lt Gen Soleimani and second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis along with eight other Iranians and Iraqis.
In retaliation, the IRGC fired volleys of ballistic missiles on January 8 at the US’s Ain al-Assad airbase in the western Iraqi Anbar Province, and another facility in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.
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