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Al-Araby
Iran said on Friday the current US administration is now “responsible” for the assassination two years ago of its revered commander Qassem Soleimani, as the Islamic Republic started commemorations to mark his death. Former US president Donald Trump sent shock waves through the region on 3 January 2020 with the targeted killing of General Soleimani, who was commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards. He was killed along with his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in a US drone strike in Baghdad ordered by Trump, infuriating Iran and its alli…