The top commander of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that the US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani almost a year ago will not \u2026<\/b>
\nThe top commander of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that the US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani almost a year ago will not deter the Islamic Republic\u2019s resistance. Gen. Hossein Salami spoke at a ceremony at Tehran University commemorating the anniversary of the American drone strike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani, who headed the expeditionary Quds force, on Jan.3,2020. At the time, Iran retaliated by launching a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting two bases housing US troops in Iraq that caused concussion injuries to about 100 of them. \u201cToday, we have no problem, concern or apprehension toward encountering any powers. We will give our final words to our enemies on the battlefield,\u201d Salami said, without citing the US directly. Several top Iranian officials, along with Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese allies and members of Soleimani\u2019s family, attended the ceremony on Friday. Soleimani\u2019s replacement, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, said at the event that Iran was not afraid of confronting \u201cpowers,\u201d again without naming the US, and warned that \u201cfreedom seekers\u201d within the US could retaliate for the attack that killed the top commander. \u201cInside your own home, there might be those who want to respond to the crime that you committed,\u201d he said in comments aimed at the US. Ebrahim Raisi, the head of Iran\u2019s judiciary, said everyone who played a part in Soleimani\u2019s killing will not be able to \u201cescape law and justice,\u201d even if they were a US president. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry also tweeted that the country will not rest until those behind Soleimani\u2019s killing are brought to justice. \u201cBy committing a craven act of terror against Gen Soleimani, the US violated int\u2019l law & the UN Charter in a blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty,\u201d said a post on the ministry\u2019s account. \u201cThe US\u2019 lawlessness in full show. #Iran won\u2019t rest until bringing those responsible to justice.\u201d Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington would bear responsibility for the consequences of any possible \u201cadventure\u201d in the region. On Wednesday, two American B-52 bombers flew over the Middle East in what US officials said was a message of deterrence to Iran ahead of the first anniversary. Meanwhile, a US official told NBC News that Washington has seen increasing indications that Iran could be planning an attack against American forces or interests in the Middle East. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that reading Tehran\u2019s intentions was \u201cdifficult and at times unpredictable.\u201d<\/p>\n