OREANDA-NEWS. Iran will continue to take action against the United States in response to the assassination by US forces of the commander of the Al-Quds special forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Kassem Suleimani. This was stated on Wednesday by the President of the Islamic Republic Hassan Rouhani.

"The United States killed our high-ranking general. We didn't leave this unanswered and will not dwell on it", he said. The president’s speech was broadcast by Iran’s state television.

Rouhani added that "the Iranian forces have already given an answer and attacked the American base in the region with missiles". "I think the United States will never forget this, because for the first time in the history of the region a decisive and quick response was given to the barbaric actions of the Americans", he stressed.

The situation around Iran sharply worsened after the US strike in the area of ​​the Baghdad airport on the night of January 3, as a result of which the commander of Al-Quds forces died. In response, on the night of January 8, Tehran launched a missile attack on two objects in Iraq used by the US military - Ain al-Assad base and Erbil airport.