Pentagon says it killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Trump's order

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

• The Pentagon has confirmed that the US military, acting on the orders of the president, has killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.
• Soleimani was reportedly killed in an airstrike. The US said he had been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of US troops, including a recent rocket attack that killed a US contractor.
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The Department of Defense confirmed Thursday evening that the US military, acting on the orders of President Donald Trump, killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.

The news came amid a swirl of reports that the powerful Iranian commander had been killed in an airstrike.

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