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BREAKING: Rockets have been fired at Baghdad airport, causing multiple casualties
JUST IN: Gen. Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds force, has been killed in an airstrike, according to Iraqi state TV and officials
UPDATE: The deputy head of Iraq’s para-military forces and head of Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah militias, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was also killed in the attack at Baghdad airport, state TV reports
Oil spiked after the U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad.

The strike escalates an already tense 3-way situation between the U.S. and major oil producers Iran and Iraq. More @business: bloom.bg/37zJUED
@business A U.S. airstrike in Iraq ordered by Trump killed Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran’s most powerful generals, the Defense Department confirmed.

Here’s a look at the scene at the airstrike location. More @business: bloom.bg/2ue8cFM
@business U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweets a video, saying people in Iraq are “dancing in the street for freedom; thankful that General Soleimani is no more.”

@business UPDATE: Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khamenei says “severe retaliation” awaits the killers of top general Qassem Soleimani, in a statement.

The U.S. “bears responsibility for all consequences,” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also tweeted

@business “America’s action without any doubt is an act of state terrorism,” says Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif.

Tension in the region escalated sharply after Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran’s most powerful generals
@business A day before Trump ordered the deadly airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander, the U.S. boosted its military presence in the region, according to this footage released by the Department of Defense
@business An Iranian Revolutionary Guard spokesman wept over Qassem Soleimani's death on state TV, as he vowed to retaliate against the U.S.
@business "The US bears responsibility for all consequences."

Iran's Supreme Leader + President + Foreign Minister react to the targeted killing of General Qassem #Soleimani in a strike last night
@business House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Trump administration’s action in Iran was taken without consulting Congress
@business HAPPENING NOW: Crowds gather in Kerman, the hometown of Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani, after he was killed by the U.S.
@business LATEST: The U.S. embassy in Iraq urged American citizens to leave the country after one of Iran's top generals was killed in a drone attack in Baghdad authorized by Trump trib.al/NrclZ6B
@business "They will not let Trump and his followers sleep comfortably from now on."

Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami used Friday prayers to call for revenge after the U.S. killed top general Qassem Soleimani, state TV reported
@business LATEST: Here's what Trump just tweeted after U.S. airstrike killed Iran's top commander #Soleimani on Thursday
@business Secretary of State Pompeo says the decision to remove Iran's #Soleimani "saved American lives" in an interview with CNN.

The U.S. urged Iran to “de-escalate” but is prepared for a response trib.al/0ZU1wug
@business Retired Admiral James Stavridis tells @BloombergTV Iran is capable of launching "a significant cyber-attack" in response to the U.S. airstrike
@business "President Trump deserves all the credit."

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has cut short a trip to Greece after the killing of top Iranian commander #Soleimani by the U.S.
@business @BloombergTV Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Fox News says "we needed to take action to restore deterrence" with the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general
@business @BloombergTV World powers called for restraint after the U.S. carried out a targeted strike on #Soleimani. Here are the responses from China, Russia, the U.K. and France
@business @BloombergTV "This is and was an enormous escalation," @JoeBiden says in Iowa. "It follows a string of dubious actions President Trump has taken that have drastically increased the prospects and the risk of war with Iran and danger to Americans"
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden NEW: The U.S. is sending around 3,000 Army troops to the Mideast, officials say
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden 🔊SOUND ON: "I'm not just worried about the possibility of war, I'm terrified."

In May, Tehran-based poet Raz Khoshnood described how the threat of war with the U.S. affects everyday Iranians
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden LOOK: Angry protesters rally in Islamabad in the wake of the Soleimani killing
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden “An act of war with no authorization:” @TulsiGabbard slammed Trump’s “short-sighted, damaging” policies that led to the killing of Iran’s Soleimani
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard "We are now potentially facing a threat that's different and greater than anything we have faced previously."

@BilldeBlasio says we're in a "de facto state of war" between the U.S. and Iran
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio "This is not a game."

@PeteButtigieg warned that "unusually low" U.S. credibility means the threat of grave consequences is even greater after Soleimani's death
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders called Soleimani's killing "a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another disastrous war"
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders The U.S. Marines are stepping up security at the Baghdad embassy compound as tensions rise in the Iraqi capital following the killing of Iran’s Major General Soleimani by an American drone
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders Across the Middle East, gatherings of people mourned and protested the killing of the Islamic Republic’s most prominent military man, Major General Qassem Soleimani, by an American drone
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders WATCH: Thousands gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala to mourn the deaths of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassam Soleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders UPDATE: The Iraqi government has declared a 3-day period of mourning for the deaths of Maj. Gen. Qassam Soleimani and others in a U.S. drone strike
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders WATCH: Soldiers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina load an aircraft bound for the Middle East.

The deployment is “a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities,” according to military officials
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders Thousands march in Karbala Saturday to mourn the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, and an Iraqi militia leader who were killed in a U.S. drone strike
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders UPDATE: Iraqi Parliament lawmakers have voted in favor of a resolution calling for the expulsion of some 5,000 U.S. troops from the country
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders WATCH: The moment Iraqi parliament passed a resolution Sunday calling on the government to expel U.S. troops in response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani and the leader of an Iraqi militia in a drone attack in Baghdad
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders Soleimani’s remains were flown to the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, where thousands filled wide boulevards and squares to pay their respects.

He is expected to be buried Tuesday in his southeastern hometown of Kerman, according to state TV
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders “Are you that afraid of what I have to say?!”

Anti-war protesters chant "Nazis out" to oust another protester from one of the several demonstrations taking place across the United States over escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders “No war on Iran!”

Demonstrators gathered in New York and Portland to protest the escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders "War only brings death and destruction."

Amid rising tension between the U.S. and Iran, Pope Francis called for peace during his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders BREAKING: Iranian state television reported that Iran will no longer abide by any of the limits included in its 2015 nuclear deal
@business @BloombergTV @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BilldeBlasio @PeteButtigieg @BernieSanders Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC This Week that the U.S. will "behave lawfully" after Trump's tweet saying the U.S. had targeted 52 sites "important to the Iranian culture" raised concerns.

Under the Geneva Convention, attacks against cultural property are prohibited
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