Rouhani says Iran responded, will respond to America’s assassination of Soleimani

TEHRAN, March 18 (YPA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday reiterated his country’s threat to the United States that it would respond to the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.

“The Americans assassinated our great commander. We have responded to that terrorist act and will respond to it,” Rouhani said in a statement.

He added that “the Iranian nuclear industry is not bound by all restrictions imposed on it,” stressing that “the enemy was not able to subjugate Iran through economic pressure,” in reference to the US sanctions imposed on Tehran.

YPA