The disaster unfolded hours after Iran launched missiles into Iraq at two American military bases in retaliation for the U.S. having killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani near the Baghdad airport by order of then-U.S. president Donald Trump.

Military officials have also said Soleimani was responsible for causing numerous American injuries and deaths. The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 14, 2013.

All three coincided with a massive memorial in Tehran for Qassem Soleimani, the terrorist leader killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020 in Iraq.

About a year ago, U.S. officials confirmed the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani via a drone strike, saying he was preparing attacks against American assets in the region.

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, who replaced General Qassem Soleimani after a U.S. airstrike killed him, said that revenge for Soleimani's killing would be taken "in a manly fashion."

Qassem Soleimani (C) attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 18, 2016.

Qassem Soleimani a week ago—the clearest details yet on the intelligence U.S. officials had gathered ahead of the airstrike in Baghdad.

Brigadier General Esmail Qaani was appointed the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq.

Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. In a letter submitted on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen.

Iran was on alert for attacks after it fired missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. forces in retaliation for the killing on Jan. 3 of its most powerful military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. missile strike at Baghdad airport.

Some analysts suggested that his death is as momentous as the death of Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani earlier this year, which prompted Tehran to launch a volley of missiles at U.S. assets in Iraq.

Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. O'Brien told reporters outside the White House that there was "strong evidence" that Soleimani was planning attacks on U.S. interests. "Strong evidence and strong intelligence.

Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, which the United States has designated as a terrorist organization.

"The United States is safer today than we were a few weeks ago because we eliminated the world's foremost terrorist, Qassem Soleimani, who has the blood of hundreds of American soldiers and Marines on his hands."

Qassem Soleimani and the ISIS cutthroat Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. To dangerous actors, an unpredictable Trump appeared likely to strike back if provoked. As a result, America’s enemies become fearful of challenging the United States.

Qassem Soleimani (C) attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 18, 2016.

Qassem Soleimani is seen in Tehran on Sept. 14, 2013.

Qassem Soleimani, close to United States' consulate in Istanbul on Jan. 5, 2020.

Tension between the United States and Iran across the Middle East have become more overt in the last few years, ending most recently in a targeted drone strike by U.S. forces that killed Iranian military mastermind Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Taji was also one of several facilities that were targeted by the Iranian regime following the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad.

The fresh deployment comes after the U.S. took out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the country's Quds Force, overnight with a strike near Baghdad International Airport.

McConnell has praised the President Donald Trump-ordered air strike of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was responsible for killing of hundreds of Americans.

Soleimani.

(AFP via Getty Images) A man holds a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Qassem Soleimani (L) during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020.

Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) The U.S.

A man holds a picture of late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, as people celebrate in the street after Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020.

The parliament was reacting several days after a U.S. airstrike took out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to impose harsh sanctions on Iraq if lawmakers there forced U.S. troops to leave.

Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was killed in January.

It appeared to be action by Iran in response to the Jan. 3 killing of Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last year, via a U.S. drone strike that was ordered by former President Donald Trump.

Qassem Soleimani.