Global News published this video item, entitled “Iranians demand revenge for Soleimani on 1st anniversary of his killing” – below is their description.
Iranians paid tribute at the grave of senior military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Saturday and called for revenge to mark the eve of the first anniversary of his killing by the United States.
“We are definitely waiting for the main revenge to see the reaction of our enemies, the United States and Israel,” said a Tehran resident.
On Friday, banners carrying Soleimani’s image could be seen on Tehran’s streets, as the country prepared for the anniversary of his killing by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Jan. 3 last year.
The death of Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, caused a spike in tensions between Iran and the United States. Iran retaliated with a missile strike against a U.S. military base in Iraq a few days later on Jan. 8, 2020. Hours later, Iranian forces on high alert mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner taking off from Tehran.
Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region.
Soleimani, a 62-year-old general, was Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of Iran’s spreading influence in the Middle East.
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Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. The Iranian Revolution established the current Islamic Republic in 1979.
Iran’s political system combines elements of a presidential democracy and an Islamic theocracy. Iran is a founding member of the UN, ECO, OIC, and OPEC. It is a major regional and middle power and has large reserves of fossil fuels — including the world’s largest natural gas supply and the third largest proven oil reserves.
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Iraq is a founding member of the UN as well as of the Arab League, OIC, Non-Aligned Movement and the IMF.
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