Tehran 06January_The Weekly is a brief look back at the most consequential news from last week with a view to putting them in context. Published every Monday, The Weekly retells each of the selected stories, adds a little perspective, and gives directions as to where things may be headed.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-The news last week (December 31, 2019 to January 5, 2020) was dominated by one act of folly: the assassination by the United States military of Iran’s top anti-terror general. The assassination triggered massive impacts that are likely to stay center stage for months.
An effective act of war
On Friday, January 3, 2020, the United States military assassinated Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in Iraq.