Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
-#Iran's military places military on high alert
-F-14 warplanes are airborne & patrolling western borders of the country

#UPDATE
-#Iran's Army commander says the U.S. "terrorist attack" will not go unanswered
-Hamas, Islamic Jihad mourn Soleimani's death
-Qais al-Khazali, head of #Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, writes they will remove all US troops from Iraq & wipe wipe Israel from existence

#UPDATE
-U.S. forces in the region on max alert
-Iran's IRNA news agency: "[Soleimani] & Al-Mohandes were separately leaving Baghdad airport in two cars early Friday morning when they were targeted & assassinated... Soleimini is said to have arrived at the airport from Lebanon."

#UPDATE
-#Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) chief calls on all fighters/supporters to 'be ready' for further U.S. strikes
-Sadr calls on his militias & other armed groups to be prepared; sends condolences to Iran for the killing of Qasim Soleimani.

#UPDATE
Iran ambassador to Iraq:
Attack occurred at 1 am, Friday local time. There were two cars transferring Solemani & Muhandis, along with ten companions & bodyguards.
All passengers of the two cars were killed in U.S. forces' "missile strikes".

#UPDATE
-#Iran's IRGC: We & all anti-American forces will take revenge for Soleimani’s assassination throughout the Islamic world.
-Iran's admin spox says the response to Soleimani's assassination "will not be far".
-Pelosi: Soleimani's death threatens dangerous escalation

#BREAKING
-#Iran’s National Security Council meeting begins headed by @Khamenei_ir, weighing options after Soleimani's assassination
-Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrollah: Those who killed Soleimani will be punished
-Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon

@khamenei_ir #UPDATE
Nasiriyah, southern #Iraq
Iraqis celebrating the killing of #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani.

My take:
True Iraqis are celebrating.
Tehran-backed militia members/supporters in Iraq are mourning.

@khamenei_ir #UPDATE
-#Iran's military chief of staff: U.S. & those who assassinated Soleimani's should await a strong response
-Avenging Soleimani's killing is the responsibility of 'resistance' worldwide: Lebanese Hezbollah
-Israeli PM cutting short Greece visit, returning to Israel today

@khamenei_ir #UPDATE
-Iraqi PM condemns US ‘assassination’ of Iran’s Soleimani, al-Muhandis
-Rouhani advisor: Washington must bear the consequences of Soleimani's death
-Iran Defense Min: Iranian armed forces will retaliate against the perpetrators behind the killing of Qassem Soleimani

@khamenei_ir Baghdad, #Iraq
More beautiful scenes of Iraqis celebrating the killing of #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani.

@khamenei_ir From inside #Iran as Iranians are also celebrating the killing of IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani.

https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1213027466635337728

@khamenei_ir #UPDATE
Three US Air Force C5M Galaxy planes crossing the Atlantic, most likely transferring troops and equipment to the Middle East region.
(Credit: @GDarkconrad)

IMPORTANT
Iraqi religious authority Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calls on all parties to show restraint & act wisely

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #UPDATE
-#Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen threaten to respond "quickly & directly" to the killing of IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani

-Mullahs bus pro-regime crowd for a mourning march in Kerman, Soleimani's howetown, in south-central Iran

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #UPDATE
-Foreign oil companies evacuating personnel through Basra airport, S Iraq
-Dutch Foreign Ministry recommends their citizens to leave Iraq ASAP
-Israel reinforcing forces on northern border
-Latest U.S. military dispatching👇

https://twitter.com/Intel_Sky/status/1213033995149164544?s=20

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #UPDATE
-#Iran's IRGC militia calls on U.S. to withdraw troops from region or face risk of death of its soldiers
-IRGC awaiting orders from high command
-Brig. Gen. Esmaeil Qa'ani appointed by @Khamenei_ir as new IRGC Quds Force chief
-U.S. Embassy urging citizens out of Iraq

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #UPDATE
Jan 3 - #Iran
F-4 & F-14 warplanes, taking off from Hamedan airbase, flying over western provinces and Persian Gulf borders.

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #BREAKING
-'Precision drone strike' killed #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani in Baghdad: US defesce official
-Iran's Supreme National Security Council spox: "The costs Washington will have to pay will be far more heavier than the gains made by such blind actions."

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #UPDATE
-Al Arabiya footage shows aftermath of U.S. airstrike targeting #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani in Baghdad under direct orders from President Donald Trump.
-U.S. official: 750 soldiers arrived to strengthen security at the American embassy in Baghdad.

@khamenei_ir @GDarkconrad #BREAKING
Names killed in U.S. airstrikes

-IRGC Quds Force chief Qasim Soleimani
-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes
-Samer Abdullah (Imad Mughniya's son-in-law)
-Senior PMF official Mohammad Reza Jaberi (right image)
-Hassan Abdulhadi (PMF)

#BREAKING
Names killed in U.S. airstrikes

-Mohammad al-Sheybani (al-Mohandes' son-in-law)
-Heydar Ali (PMF)
-Gen. Hussein Jaafari Naya (IRGC - White shirt in image)
-Col. Shahroud Muzaffari Niya (IRGC)
-Major Hadi Tarmi (IRGC)
-Captain Waheed Zamanian (IRGC)

#Iran's regime can always count on apologist @camanpour of @CNN to praise Soleimani & push @JZarif talking points.

Listen to how she mixes true Iraqi protesters with the Tehran-backed militia members/supporters who attacked the U.S. Embassy.

Shame.

@camanpour @CNN @JZarif Captain Vahid Zamanian, bodyguard of #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, killed in the U.S. airstrikes near Baghdad Int'l Airport.

@camanpour @CNN @JZarif More good news

Instagram closes the page affiliated to #Iran's Tasnim news agency.

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