U.S. airstrike kills high-profile commander of Iran’s secretive Quds Force, Defense Dept. says.
Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, called the U.S. action"an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation."Iran is likely to retaliate with terrorism and cyberattacks, said Norman Roule, a 34-year CIA veteran who oversaw national intelligence policy on Iran before he retired in 2017.
The former head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohsen Rezaee, vowed “strong revenge against the United States” on Twitter.an image of a U.S. flag with no text. "#Iran's Quds Force chose the path of escalation," Rubio said in the tweet."They are entirely to blame for bringing about the dangerous moment now before us."
, which is the first time the United States had used that designation on part of another country's government.
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