伊朗驻联合国大使将唐纳德·特朗普总统下令的无人机袭击中杀死革命卫队圣城军的首领称为“战争行为”。
马吉德·塔克特·拉万奇告诉美国有线电视新闻网，德黑兰将为伊朗人民报仇巴格达的袭击杀死了卡西姆·苏莱曼尼将军。当美国有线电视新闻网主持人艾琳·伯内特问“这是宣战吗？”大使回答说:“事实上，这是美国对伊朗人民的战争行为。”
他说，美国“已经开始了对伊朗的战争，不仅仅是经济战争，还有其他的战争”。我们不能对发生的事情视而不见……会有严厉的报复，伊朗将根据自己的选择采取行动，时间、地点将由伊朗决定。”
伊朗驻联合国大使马吉德·塔克特·拉万奇(Majid Takht Ravanchi)，2019年6月24日在纽约市联合国总部。他称杀害圣城卡西姆·苏莱曼尼将军为“战争行为”
周六，数千名哀悼者在伊拉克首都举行葬礼游行，高呼“美国去死，以色列去死”卫报报道。
游行始于伊玛目卡希姆圣殿，什叶派最受尊敬的场所之一。苏莱曼尼的遗体将被送回伊朗，在他的家乡举行葬礼。
据英国广播公司报道，巴格达的人群也哀悼阿布·迈赫迪·穆汉迪的死亡，他是一名伊拉克人，指挥着伊朗支持的卡塔伊真主党组织，并有效地领导了支持伊朗的民兵组织人民动员部队。
62岁的苏莱曼尼掌管着伊朗精锐的革命卫队圣城部队，并帮助带领伊朗在中东地区扩大影响力。五角大楼指责圣城军应对数百名美国士兵的死亡负责。
周五，特朗普在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的马拉加度假胜地发表讲话时说:“我们昨晚采取行动阻止了一场战争。我们没有采取行动发动战争。索莱曼尼正在策划对美国外交官和军事人员的迫在眉睫的邪恶袭击，但我们当场抓住了他并终止了他的行动。”
民主党高层批评特朗普的举动其中包括2020年的竞选者乔·拜登和伊丽莎白·沃伦。
世界各地都呼吁克制，包括伊朗盟友中国和伊朗俄罗斯。联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯说:“这是一个领导人必须保持最大克制的时刻，并补充说，“世界不能再承受海湾战争了。"
美国国务卿麦克·庞贝对美国在欧洲盟友的反应持批评态度。
我们]正在和我们在其他不太好的地方的合作伙伴交谈。坦率地说，欧洲人没有像我希望的那样乐于助人。英国人、法国人、德国人——都需要明白我们所做的，美国人所做的，也拯救了欧洲的生命，”他告诉福克斯新闻主持人肖恩·哈尼蒂。
TRUMP'S ORDER TO KILL IRAN'S GENERAL IS 'ACT OF WAR' SAYS TEHRAN'S U.N. ENVOY: 'THERE WILL BE HARSH REVENGE'
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has labeled as an "act of war" the killing of the head of the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump.
Majid Takht Ravanchi told CNN that Tehran would avenge the attack in Baghdad which killed General Qassem Suleimani. When asked by CNN host Erin Burnett "Was this a declaration of war?" the ambassador replied, "In fact, it was an act of war on the part of the United States against the Iranian people."
He said that the U.S. had "already started a war against Iran, not only economic war but something beyond that. We cannot just close our eyes to what happened…there will be harsh revenge, Iran will act based on its own choosing, the time, the place, will be decided by Iran."
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, at the United Nations headquarters on June 24, 2019 in New York City. He has called the killing of Quds general Qassem Suleimani an "act of war."
On Saturday, thousands of mourners marched in a funeral procession through the Iraqi capital, shouting "death to America, death to Israel," The Guardian reported.
The procession started at the Imam Kadhim shrine, one of the most revered sites in Shia Islam. Suleimani's body will be returned to Iran for a funeral and burial in his home town.
The crowds in Baghdad also mourned the death of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah group and effectively led the Popular Mobilisation units, the group of Iran-supporting militias, the BBC reported.
Suleimani, 62, was in charge of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Quds Force and helped spearhead the expansion of Iranian influence across the Middle East. The Pentagon accused the Quds Force of being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. soldiers.
In an address from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, a defiant Trump said: "We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him."
Top Democrats have criticized Trump's move, among them, 2020 election contenders Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.
There have been calls for restraint from around the world, including from Iran allies China and Russia. U.N. Secretary-general António Guterres said: "This is a moment in which leaders must exercise maximum restraint, adding, "The world cannot afford another war in the Gulf."
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was critical of the reaction by American allies in Europe.
"[We're] talking to our partners in other places that haven't been quite as good. Frankly, the Europeans haven't been as helpful as I wish that they could be. The Brits, the French, the Germans—all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans did, saved lives in Europe as well," he told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
