Jan 07, 2020 08:58 Asia/Tehran [Updated: Oct 31, 2020 08:53 Asia/Tehran]
  • Parliament session commences

Tehran (IP) - Parliament opening session started at 8:15 am local times on Tuesday, chaired by Ali Larijani, Speaker of Parliament, and the agenda was read by Amir Hossein Qazizadeh Hashemi.

Iran Press/Iran news: At the beginning of this session, mourning ceremony was held on the occasion of Fatimieh (as) days and the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Soleimani and the Martyr Abu Mehdi Al-Muhandis the deputy head of Popular Mobilization. 

The United States forces assassinated Lt. General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) — better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi — in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport early on Friday.

Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was invited to Baghdad by Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to convey Iran's message to him on Iran and Saudi relations. 

Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was assassinated along with several senior members of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Friday Morning 3 January at Baghdad International airport.

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