Protesters in different parts of Indian-administered Kashmir have held anti-US rallies over the killing of Iran’s top lieutenant general.

The Italian foreign ministry has expressed deep concern about the situation in Iraq after the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Iraq’s National Security Council has lambasted the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif says by assassinating senior Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the US practically paved the way for its own elimination from the region.

Hundreds of Tehran residents gathered outside the Imam Sadegh Mosque to hold a mourning vigil for late General Qassem Soleimani.

Iran has denounced the stance adopted by Germany on the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, condemns the "cowardly" US assassination" of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad as "a blatant and flagrant" act of "aggression".

The body of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US military early on Friday, is to be transferred to Iran after funeral processions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and the cities of Najaf and Karbala.

The Leader said Soleimani "feared no one and nothing" in the path of his duties.

Russian President Putin tells French President Macron that the US’s assassination of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani risks “seriously aggravating” regional tensions.