Iran vows 'tough revenge'

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement on Friday that those who assassinated Qasem Soleimani should wait for Iran's severe response, state TV reported.

Khamenei said that the mission of Soleimani and "resistance" will not stop by his death.

All should know that "the resistance movement will continue more strongly, and a definite victory awaits those who fight in this auspicious path."

The criminals who shed the blood of General Soleimani and his companions "should await a tough revenge," he said.