That's why they closed. Something else drove the following events, such as the South Pars energy strike and reported military defections. The battle space started shaping up six years ago this month under Trump with the US killing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qassam Soleimani. the second most powerful man in Iran, by US drones at Baghdad airport. He had just arrived from Damascus, where he was briefing former Syrian president Bashar al Assad on … (17:09–17:21)
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Asserts the US killed Qassam Soleimani under Trump's administration.
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