Iran Press/ Middle East: Iraqi media quoted Abdul Kareem Khalaf as saying the necessary mechanism had begun for the withdrawal of all foreign forces, including US troops, from Iraqi territory.
Some media have previously said that Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi is to receive the US ambassador to Baghdad to receive the Americans' timetable for withdrawing their troops from Iraq.
Iraq's parliament approved Sunday a plan to expel foreign troops from Iraq despite some obstructions yesterday.
The Iraqi parliament's move came after the Americans launched a Friday morning in a drone strike, contrary to international standards and in gross violation of Iraq's national and territorial sovereignty, assassinated commander of Quds Force Gen. Soleimani and Abu al-Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy leader of al-Hashed al-Sha’abi and seven of their companions at Baghdad airport.
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani had arrived in Baghdad for an official visit and at the invitation of the Iraqi government, and Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi said yesterday that Soleimani was carrying Iran's response to the Saudi message.
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was assassinated along with several senior members of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Friday Morning 3 January at Baghdad International airport.
Lieutenant General Qasem 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.
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