Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, celebrated the new year by praising slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. service members.
Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Tehran, Iran on September 18, 2016.
Vice President Mike Pence said at the time that Soleimani was"directly responsible for the death of 603 U.S. service members," noting that he provided advanced weaponry and training to Iraqi insurgents who attacked U.S. forces and allies. Iran is in the midst of the largest protests in years over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in September after being taken into custody by the regime's so-called morality police for allegedly not wearing a hijab. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPKhameini has praised members of the Basij, the paramilitary wing of the IRGC that has quashed protests, and blamed the uprising on the U.S.
"This rioting was planned," Khameini claimed in October."These riots and insecurities were designed by America and the Zionist regime, and their employees."Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
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