Iran -President Hassan Rouhani to revenge against US airstrike that killed general Soleimani

The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the flag of General Soleimani in defense of the country's territorial integrity and the fight against terrorism and extremism in the region will be raised, and the path of resistance to the US excesses will continue. The great nation of Iran will take revenge for this heinous crime.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani (right)

The US embassy in Baghdad urged American citizens in Iraq on Friday to "depart immediately", for fear of fallout from a US strike that killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders.

"US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land," the embassy said in a statement.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed "severe revenge" after the United States killed the commander of the Islamic republic's Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad on Friday.