A rocket has fallen near the US embassy in Baghdad - hours after mourners chanted 'death to America' over the killing of Iran's top general in an airstrike
Iraq's prime minister has declared three days of national mourning for those who were killed in the airstrike.
Iraq's foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted on Saturday:"24hrs ago, an arrogant clown - masquerading as a diplomat - claimed people were dancing in the cities of Iraq. Two helicopters hovered over the procession, which was attended by prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and leaders of Iran-backed militias.
"The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there," he said."Some 35 US targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach." In an address from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Mr Trump said:"What the US did yesterday should have been done long ago - a lot of lives would have been saved.An official with the US-led coalition in Iraq said operations have been scaled back and"security and defensive measures" have been boosted at bases hosting coalition forces.
The Pentagon has said Maj Gen Soleimani, 62,"orchestrated" attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the past few months and approved theIran's second most powerful person after the supreme leader, Maj Gen Soleimani headed the overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, the Quds Force, and was the spearhead of Iran's growing military influence in the Middle East.
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