Tensions between the US and Iran have been growing in response to the US killing of General Qassem Solomeini and the retaliations that followed by Iran. This episode delves into the most relevant event regarding the conflict. 

• Leader of the Iranian Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, was killed by a US airstrike while leaving the Baghdad Airport. 
  • Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at 2 Iraqi bases housing US forces and claims it is revenge for the Killing Of General Soleimani. 
  • The same night as the ballistic missile attack on American and Iraqi troops, Iran accidentally shot down a Ukranian airliner which had just lifted off from Tehran's main airport
  • The US imposes further economic sanctions on Iran to apply more pressure to come back to the negotiating table about a revised Nuclear Deal. 

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