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| Iran mourns Suleimani as fallout intensifies over US strike - live updates | Iran mourns Suleimani as fallout intensifies over US strike - live updates |
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| Follow the latest developments as huge crowds pack streets of Tehran in memory of Iranian general | Follow the latest developments as huge crowds pack streets of Tehran in memory of Iranian general |
| Here’s video of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollha Ali Khamenei, crying over Suleimani’s coffin. | |
| Police in Tehran say “millions” of people have gathered in Tehran to mourn the death of Soleimani, Reuters reports. | |
| Germany has described Donald Trump’s threat to impose sanctions on Iraq if Baghdad expels US troops as “not very helpful”. | |
| Speaking to German radio, the foreign minister, Heiko Maas, said: “I don’t think you can convince Iraq with threats, but with arguments.” | |
| Maas also warned that long term efforts to rebuild Iraq “could all be lost” if the situation escalates. | |
| Iraq’s parliament demanded American troops leave after the drone attack on Suliemani which also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander. | |
| In response Trump said Iraq would facing crippling sanctions if it carried out the expulsion. | |
| Speaking to reporter on Air Force One Trump said: “If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.” | |
| Maas admitted that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had hoped for more full-throated backing from allies. | |
| “Apparently he wasn’t too happy that we didn’t 100% support America’s actions,” Maas said after Pompeo spoke by phone with his German, French and British counterparts. | |
| Maas said it was important that the European Union presented a united stance so it could play a meaningful role in helping to cool tempers. | |
| “Our own security interests are massively affected by the fight in Iraq against international terrorism, against IS, so we have a responsibility here,” he said. | |
| “I think it’s necessary that the EU foreign ministers quickly convene in Brussels to coordinate a European position.” | |
| He also said Germany, France and Britain would decide this week how to react to Iran’s decision to forego the limit on enrichment it had pledged to honour in the nuclear agreement. | |
| “We can’t just accept this without responding,” Maas said. | |
| “It certainly doesn’t make things easier and it could be the first step towards the end of the deal and that would be a great loss.” | |
| China is siding with Iran in the wake Suliemani’s killing and has condemned the US. Its foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said Beijing believes Iran was “forced” to reduce its commitment to the nuclear deal. | China is siding with Iran in the wake Suliemani’s killing and has condemned the US. Its foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said Beijing believes Iran was “forced” to reduce its commitment to the nuclear deal. |
| He added that “recent military adventures by the US violated the basic norms governing international relations.” | He added that “recent military adventures by the US violated the basic norms governing international relations.” |
| On Sunday Iran announced that it will no longer abide by any of the limits imposed by the unravelling 2015 nuclear deal following the US military intervention. | On Sunday Iran announced that it will no longer abide by any of the limits imposed by the unravelling 2015 nuclear deal following the US military intervention. |
| Shuang added that “there is no way out by military means, and extreme pressure will not work.” He said “power politics is unpopular and unsustainable.” | Shuang added that “there is no way out by military means, and extreme pressure will not work.” He said “power politics is unpopular and unsustainable.” |
| China is among the countries that signed the nuclear deal. Shuang added that Iran has demonstrated restraint under the agreement and did not violate its obligations. | China is among the countries that signed the nuclear deal. Shuang added that Iran has demonstrated restraint under the agreement and did not violate its obligations. |
| The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will travel to Russia later this week for talks with Vladimir Putin about the Middle East crisis following Suliemani’s killing, Reuters reports. | The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will travel to Russia later this week for talks with Vladimir Putin about the Middle East crisis following Suliemani’s killing, Reuters reports. |
| The Kremlin said Merkel will travel to Russia on Saturday at Putin’s invitation and that the two leaders also plan to discuss the situations in Syria, Libya and Ukraine. | The Kremlin said Merkel will travel to Russia on Saturday at Putin’s invitation and that the two leaders also plan to discuss the situations in Syria, Libya and Ukraine. |
| Welcome to live coverage of the fallout from the death of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian general killed in a US drone strike on Friday. | Welcome to live coverage of the fallout from the death of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian general killed in a US drone strike on Friday. |
| So far today huge crowds have brought central Tehran to a standstill as mourners flooded the Iranian capital to pay a homage to Suleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ powerful Quds Force. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly wept as he led prayers for Suleimani, who was one of Iran’s most popular public figures. | So far today huge crowds have brought central Tehran to a standstill as mourners flooded the Iranian capital to pay a homage to Suleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ powerful Quds Force. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly wept as he led prayers for Suleimani, who was one of Iran’s most popular public figures. |
| Late on Sunday, Donald Trump defended his threat to target Iranian cultural sites if Tehran retaliates for the killing of Suleimani. The US president also lashed out at Iraq following its parliament’s demand for American troops to be expelled from that country, and vowed to respond with crippling sanctions. | Late on Sunday, Donald Trump defended his threat to target Iranian cultural sites if Tehran retaliates for the killing of Suleimani. The US president also lashed out at Iraq following its parliament’s demand for American troops to be expelled from that country, and vowed to respond with crippling sanctions. |
| Over the weekend the Trump administration scrambled to justify its claim that the killing of Iran’s most powerful general was about stopping a war rather than starting one, as tensions spiralled by the hour. | Over the weekend the Trump administration scrambled to justify its claim that the killing of Iran’s most powerful general was about stopping a war rather than starting one, as tensions spiralled by the hour. |
| Later on Monday Nato ambassadors will meet at their Brussels headquarters to discuss the killing, surprised many of Washington’s allies and triggered calls for de-escalation. | Later on Monday Nato ambassadors will meet at their Brussels headquarters to discuss the killing, surprised many of Washington’s allies and triggered calls for de-escalation. |