Simmering US-Iranian hostilities had escalated rapidly last week after the US conducted air strikes in Iraq and Syria 안마의자렌탈=안마의자렌탈믿을만한곳 against an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, which the US blamed for an earlier rocket attack that killed an American civilian contractor. Pro-Iranian militia attacked 랑방=랑방여성의류 the US embassy in Baghdad in response.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, responding 레플리카시계=레플리카시계 to the strike on Soleimani, Iran's UN ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi said that Iran reserved the right to self-defence under international law. Analysts said Iran could deploy cyber-attacks against the US, or attempt 지방시=지방시여성의류 to strike US military targets or interests in the Middle East.
Iran supports a variety 레플리카미러급=레플리카미러급 of Shia militia groups in neighbouring Iraq. Soleimani had just arrived at Baghdad airport and was travelling in a convoy alongside officials from such militia when their cars were hit by several US missiles.
Al-Muhandis, the Iraqi militia leader 서울개인돈=서울개인돈싼곳 who was also killed in the strike, commanded the Kataib Hezbollah group - also backed by Iran.
Iraq now finds itself in a difficult position as an ally both of Iran and of the US. Thousands of US troops remain in the country to assist in the broader struggle against the Islamic State (IS) group. But the Iraqi government insists that the US has acted beyond the terms of this agreement.
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi labelled the missile strike as a "brazen violation of Iraq's sovereignty and a blatant attack on the nation's dignity".
Iraq's parliament announced that it would hold an emergency meeting on Sunday.
