Iran Press/ Iran news: The message was issued on the aftermath of the martyrdom of the head of the IRGC elite Quds Force, and the acting commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashad al-Shaabi) Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes.
In a message on Friday, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that he announced three days of public mourning.
Ayatollah Khamenei also extended his condolences to the martyred commander's spouse and children.
The martyred IRGC commander and Al-Mohandes were separately leaving Baghdad airport in two cars early Friday morning when they were targeted and assassinated.
Major General Soleimini is said to have arrived at the airport from Lebanon.
In the statement, the IRGC said that the glorious commander of Islamic forces was martyred in a terrorist act by US helicopters attack on Friday morning at the culmination of his lifelong efforts to promote the path of God.
On Mar 11, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei awarded the Order of Zulfaqar to Major General Qassem Soleimani.
Major General Qassem Soleimani was the first Iranian military official to receive Iran’s highest military order, the Order of Zulfaqar, after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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