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Gen. Soleimani's assassination to have consequences: Zarif

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Sat / 4 January 2020 / 10:24

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif in a phone call with UN Secretary General António Guterres stressed that martyrdom of IRGC commander Major General Qassem Soleimani will have consequences which are under no one's control and US terrorist regime is accountable for all consequences.

"Given General Soleimani's popularity in the region and his role in fighting terrorist groups, his martyrdom will have consequences which are under no one's control and the US will be responsible for them," Zarif said.

António Guterres, for his part, expressed concerns over the US' act, describing it as cause of escalating tensions in the region.

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