Iran mourns Suleimani as fallout intensifies over US strike – live updates
Follow the latest developments as huge crowds pack streets of Tehran in memory of Iranian general
Downing Street has insisted Britain’s security partnership with the US remains “very close” despite Donald Trump not informing the UK of its plans to assassinate Suleimani, PA reports.
The prime minister’s official spokesman said:
“We have a very close security partnership with the United States, we are in regular dialogue at every level.”
“States have a right to take action such as this in self defence and the US have been clear that Suleimani was plotting imminent attacks on American diplomats and military personnel.”
The scale of the crowds mourning Suleimani in Tehran are was the biggest since the 1989 funeral for the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, according to Reuters.
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