Iran’s Leader: Missile Attacks ‘Not Sufficient’ Retaliation for Killing of Soleimani

Iran’s Leader: Missile Attacks ‘Not Sufficient’ Retaliation for Killing of Soleimani
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the country's diplomats in Tehran on Nov. 1, 2015. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that the missile strikes launched by his country against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq were “not sufficient” retaliation in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. airstrike.

Addressing a gathering of Iranians in Tehran chanting “death to America” on Jan. 8, Khamenei said the attacks late Tuesday were a “slap in the face” to the United States and U.S. troops should leave the region.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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