Iran says powerful general killed in US airstrike in Iraq

The Pentagon announced that a US strike at Baghdad International Airport killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force.

Iran's state-run press TV reported general Soleimani was martyred in a strike by US helicopters.

The Iraqi military says three rockets were fired at the airport.

According to the PMF and an Iraqi security source rockets hit two vehicles that belong to PMF.

Iraqi state TV reports a senior official in Iraq's paramilitary forces was also killed by the shelling.

The total number of people killed is unclear.

The US says Soleimani "was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region."

Nebraska Representative Don Bacon put out a statement saying "Iran is the number one exporter of terror...his demise has been many years coming"