Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 18, 2016.

LONDON—Britain's navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the United States killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike, inflaming tensions in the region.

Qassem Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and was killed on Jan. 2 in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S.

A top Trump administration official said the U.S. airstrike that took out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week was done legally under the authorization of military force.

Vice President Mike Pence said he believes Americans are "safer today" after the death of Iran's top military general Qassem Soleimani.

Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad, was planning to target U.S. forces and the strike was a pre-emptive bid to protect American lives.

Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.

But tensions between the two states spiked this year after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, in a drone strike in Iraq.

My statement on the killing of Qassem Soleimani. pic.twitter.com/4Q9tlLAYFB — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 3, 2020 Sen.

Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Tehran's overseas military operations, was killed early on Jan. 3 in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad's airport.

Trump’s administration acted to prevent “holy hell” in the Middle East that would have been uncorked if Soleimani were allowed to act. Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016.

Nearly a year after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was in charge of the shadowy Quds Force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani suggested during a press briefing that the region

Actions Trump carried out that Spencer opposed included Trump tweeting about Congresswomen that year, telling them to "go back" to their home countries and the killing earlier in 2020 of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general.

Qassem Soleimani, the U.S.-led mission in Iraq suspended its counter-ISIS mission for about two weeks. The last American who was killed in Iraq was in August 2019, when Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer died on a joint Iraqi–U.

Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016.

-approved drone strike of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was accused of killing hundreds of American troops over the years. Iran then fired a barrage of about two-dozen rockets, hitting two military bases housing American soldiers in Iraq.

Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 18, 2016.

The Politico report said that news of the plot comes amid Iran's continued search for ways to avenge the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top general, in January. 

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

“What I can say from my experience with Qassem Soleimani is, it is less likely that we will see this now than it was before, and if we do see an increase in violence, it probably will not be as devilishly ingenious.”

Killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was an act of self-defense, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said.

So yes, let's take on Qassem Soleimani first, and then we'll get back into the whole JCPOA and Iran nuclear program deal. Quick reminder, Qassem Soleimani was the head of the Quds Force. What is the Quds Force?

President Donald Trump's order to kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was "a very significant effort to reestablish deterrence, which obviously had not been shored up by the relatively insignificant responses up until now," former CIA director and retired

The vote came after the United States authorized the airstrike of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who officials said killed hundreds of U.S. troops over the years and was plotting more attacks on American assets in the region.

Soleimani—who was killed in a U.S. drone strike earlier this year,—and others.

Tension between the United States and Iran has ramped up over the last year, culminating in the U.S. killing of Iranian military mastermind Qassem Soleimani and Iraq's paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a drone strike at Baghdad airport in January

Mahan Air has played an “integral role” in supporting the Quds Force, and even provided transportation for its former commander, Qassem Soleimani, according to the U.S. Treasury.

-approved drone strike of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was accused of killing hundreds of American troops over the years. Iran then fired a barrage of about two-dozen rockets, hitting two military bases housing American soldiers in Iraq.

Hostilities had reached a fever pitch the week before over an American drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, raising fears of further violence in the region.

Air Force/Senior Airman Roslyn Ward) The long-distance flights to the Middle East come as the anniversary of the assassination of Iran's top military leader, Qassem Soleimani, is approaching.