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    Pentagon Says Trump Authorized Killing Of Top Iranian Military Leader

    Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed Friday in Baghdad. The U.S. secretary of defense said Soleimani "was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members throughout the region."
    by Bobby Allyn Jan 02, 2020 4 minutes
    Iranian Quds Force commander Gen. Qassim Soleimani, seen in September, was reported killed Friday in a strike on the international airport in Baghdad, Iraq.

    Updated at 3:38 a.m. ET Friday

    United States forces assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an air strike early Friday at Baghdad International Airport, an escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran that is prompting concerns of further violence in the region.

    Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the Pentagon took a "decisive defensive action" in killing Soleimani, who Esper says was planning to attack American diplomats and service members.

    "This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans," Esper said.

    The Pentagon said the attack was undertaken at the direction of President Trump.

    For two decades, Soleimani led the elite Quds Force, a branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for the

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