Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirms date and location of funeral; vigil to be held at Tehran University

Officials say soldiers from 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina are in addition to about 700 deployed to Kuwait after storming of the US embassy compound

Strike planned several days ago, with Trump telling close associate Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday, apparently while they played golf in Florida

Israel had also tracked the Quds commander, but until now, both countries had held back, concerned that his killing could plunge the region into wider conflict

President says Soleimani 'made the death of innocent people his sick passion,' and says killing averted a war; insists US not seeking regime change

Elite military force says US strike in Baghdad on top commander will 'open a new chapter in the path of anti-Zionism resistance'; top security body says it has decided on revenge

Secretary of state says Iranian general was plotting a 'big action' that would've led to many deaths, stresses US 'committed to de-escalation'

US president says Tehran 'never won a war, but never lost a negotiation,' says the IRGC general was also behind killing hundred of protesters inside Iran, where he was hated

With Iran expected to seek revenge for killing of top commander Soleimani, State Department says Baghdad mission is closed with all consular services suspended

Britain and France urge deescalation after US strike on Iranian general; Moscow blasts 'adventurist step,' praises Quds Force chief's 'devotion' to Iran's national interests