Trump’s order to assassinate Iranian General Soleimani draws swift condemnation from US officials

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Publish Date: 10:28 - 03 January 2020
Tehran 03 January_US President Donald Trump’s order to assassinate Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has prompted swift condemnation from several US officials and lawmakers in Congress.

Trump’s order to assassinate Iranian General Soleimani draws swift condemnation from US officialsTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-Former US Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned that “Iran will surely respond.”

“President Trump just tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox, and he owes the American people an explanation of the strategy and plan to keep safe our troops and embassy personnel, our people and our interest, both here at home and abroad, and our partners throughout the region and beyond,” Biden said on Twitter.

US Democratic leaders in both chambers of Congress expressed outrage over Trump's ordered strike, saying the Republican president did not obtain congressional approval.

"We cannot put the lives of American servicemembers, diplomats and others further at risk by engaging in provocative and disproportionate actions," said US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

"Tonight's airstrike risks provoking further dangerous escalation of violence. America – and the world – cannot afford to have tensions escalate to the point of no return," Pelosi said in a statement.

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