„Jos cu SUA”: Proteste în Iran după asasinarea generalului Kassem Suleimani

Comandantul forțelor speciale Quds, comandantul Corpului Gărzii Revoluționare Islamice Iraniene, Kassem Suleimani, a fost ucis joi seară printr-o lovitură de rachete americane pe aeroportul din Bagdad.

Împreună cu generalul, încă zece persoane au fost ucise, inclusiv adjunctul șefului miliției șiite din Irak, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Liderul suprem iranian, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, și președintele Hassan Rouhani au declarat că Teheranul se va răzbuna pe Statelor Unite, iar ministrul Apărării, Amir Khatami, a promis un „răspuns zdrobitor” la moartea generalului.

Departamentul de Stat american a cerut cetățenilor americani să părăsească imediat Irakul din cauza tensiunii crescute. Ministrul israelian al Apărării a convocat o întâlnire de urgență cu șefii serviciilor speciale și armata în legătură cu incidentul, iar prețul petrolul brut Brent a sărit.

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A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020.

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Iranian worshippers react during Friday prayers against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020.

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Demonstrators burn U.S., Israeli and British flags during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020.

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Demonstrators attend a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020.

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Protesters shout slogans against the United States during a demonstration following a US airstrike that killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, in Islamabad on January 3, 2020. - A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport On January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge".

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Demonstrators react during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020.

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A boy carries a portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the U.S. airstrike in Iraq, prior to the Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.

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