Iran Press/ Iran news: In a condolence message on Friday, Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and his accompanying martyrs stated: "The martyrdom of the great commander of Islam and Iran, the brave commander of the Quds Force, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and a number of his companions, in particular the great Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the hands of the aggressive and criminal US, has affected the hearts of all the Iranian people and the nations of the region, and has doubled the resolve of the great Iranian people and other free nations to stand up to the US avarice and defend Islamic values.
The high ranking official noted, "Undoubtedly, this cowardly act is yet another sign of America's frustration and helplessness in the region and the disgust of the nations of the region with the aggressive regime that violates all human rights and international law with the most inhumane cruelty and recorded another stigma on the country's scandalous pages.
The President expressed confident that the flag of dignity and endurance of this martyr will be remained raised by the great army of Islam and the glorious path of self-sacrifice and resistance will continue.
"There is no doubt that the great nation of Iran and the other free nations of the region will take revenge on this terrible crime from the US," Hassan Rouhani noted.
The Commander of Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qasem Soleimani and the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were assassinated by the US air raid in Baghdad, Iraq's capital.
Lieutenant General Soleimani was awarded by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as the first Iranian military official to hold Iran’s highest military order, the Order of Zulfaqar after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Lieutenant General Soleimani has been named in the list of top Global Thinkers in the defense and security in Foreign Policy (FP)’s 2019.
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