Soleimani died in the strike ordered by President Trump amid rising tensions between the two countries after supporters of Iranian militias attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday.
Brigadier General Hussein Jafari Nia and Major-General Hadi Taremi were also killed in the strike, along with Colonel of the Guards Shahroud Mozaffari Nia and Captain Waheed Zamanian.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy-commander of the Iraqi-based pro-Iran People’s Mobilization Forces, as well as Mohammad al-Shibani, Muhandis’s son-in-law, were among those virtually vaporized by one of four American guided missiles fired by a Reaper drone.
