Pompeo: Killing Soleimani Was the ‘Right Decision’

Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani (C) attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 18, 2016. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, telling reporters in Washington that it was the “right decision.”

An airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump killed Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Forces, in Baghdad on Jan. 2.