'Foolish escalation': Iran slams 'dangerous' US strike that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani

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• As Iran awakes to the news that Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, was killed by the US military, official responses are beginning to appear.
• The Iranian foreign minister called the US move "extremely dangerous," "international terrorism," and a "foolish escalation" while a senior military official vowed that Iran would have its revenge.
• An adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the US had crossed a "red line" and must "be ready to face its consequences."
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif sharply criticized the US for killing top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, calling the move "extremely dangerous" and a "foolish escalation."

"The US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism," the minister said on Twitter in one of the early official responses as Iranians awaken to the news that the notorious commander of the infamous Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force is dead. Soleimani was a respected figure in Iran who led the elite Quds Force for over two decades and reported only to Iran's supreme leader.

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