Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had said the strikes "concluded" Tehran's response to the killing of Soleimani
US officials said Soleimani was killed because forces under his command planned attacks on US targets
His remarks came after he had vowed 'severe revenge' for a US drone strike that killed one of Iran's top military commanders near Baghdad international airport last week
Trump's remarks ratchet up tensions on a day when Iraqi lawmakers voted to pursue the removal of foreign troops from the nation
Ghaani stood near Khamenei's side, as did Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other top leaders in the Islamic Republic
Friday's attack on Baghdad airport, authorised by US President Donald Trump, was a major escalation in a "shadow war" in the Middle East between Iran and the US and its allies
All you need to know about the Iranian Major-General killed by the US in an air strike ordered by President Donald Trump at Baghdad airport
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday strongly condemned US air strikes on a militant group in Iraq, in his first comments since the weekend raids. "The Iranian govt & nation & I strongly condemn the US's malice," Khamenei said on his official Twitter account, referring to Sunday's deadly US strikes on the Hashed al-Shaabi militants.
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The US has tried various political, economic, military and propaganda undertakings to hit the Islamic Republic throughout its four decades. But all these plots failed
Khamenei regretted that people in some Muslim countries are facing numerous problems
This month's hajj will be the first time in almost three decades that Iranian pilgrims have not participated
The deal, which went into effect in January, limited Iran's nuclear program in return for lifting some sanctions
The Iranian supreme leader said that despite our fulfilment of the obligations pertaining to nuclear deal, the Washington has failed to live up to its commitments