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President Donald Trump said that the US saved lives, the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani 's a lot, calling him a "monster".

Mr Trump said Soleimani "is planning a major attack" when he was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Last Friday .

But Mr Trump appeared to pull back from a threat to the enemies of Iran cultural attractions of Tehran's military should respond to Japanese.

Iran buried Soleimani on Tuesday, but a mass panic at The Funeral killed 50 people and injured 200 more.

In the remarks on The Oval Office, President Trump also went to the issue of Iraq, said a U.S. withdrawal of troops would be the worst thing for the country.

to pull off His comments came in The Wake of Iraq ' s Prime Minister , apparently, the consent to a request from the Iraqi MPs troops.

Soleimani killing fear of a conflict between the U.S. and Iran has raised.

The President strongly defended the U.S. drone strike, saying it was a case of retaliation.

"He was a monster. And he is no longer a monster. He's dead," said Mr. Trump said. "He planned a great attack and bad attack for us. I think nobody can complain about it. "

The President said Soleimani was "saved trips with The Head of Hezbollah and a lot of lives by killing him". Mr trump was probably referring to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, The Head of the Iraq Kataib Hezbollah militia group have died, in addition to Soleimani.

Mr Trump also discussed the Problem of the Iranian cultural sites. Prior to that, he had vowed to hit "very hard and fast" if Iran carried out revenge attacks.

But the UN and even his own top aides accepted, this would be logged against the international laws of the United States had, with others describing it as A War crime.

Mr Trump said that "according to various laws of" the United States is not the target of these cultural sites should. "You know what, if that is what The Law is, to obey as I do, to The Law ," he said.

On Iraq, Mr Trump said he would return troops to a certain point, but "this is not The Right time".

On another one of his previous threats to hit Iraq with sanctions, if it said to leave the US - he said he would only do this if the USA were not treated with respect.

Nato and the United States have said that the troops deployed in Iraq in the midst of the concern about possible revenge attacks.

A funeral for The Commander , began on Tuesday morning in his hometown of Kerman in Southeast Iran, and huge people moved quantities.

eye witnesses told the Bbc Persian , the roads were not wide enough, The Number of people, and with other roads closed, it was to escape, nowhere to.

online Video showed people on the ground, their faces covered by clothing.

The Funeral was delayed but was later restarted in The Day , although it was unclear whether it was completed.

Video footage of The Procession of Soleimani showed ' s coffin. People threw pieces of clothing, of which the official is touched against the coffin in front of the return.

The Funeral is The Last in a series of funeral events that brought millions to The Streets in Iran.

As chief of the Quds Force , Soleimani has been tasked with the defense and expansion of Iranian interests abroad. He was celebrated as a hero by many in his homeland.

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Minister of defense Mark Esper held briefings on Tuesday, as the US is always on his case.

Mr. Pompeo referred to media reports that Soleimani had been killed on a peace mission to Baghdad in the time he said: "We don't know that to be true. "

Mr. Esper, said: "I think we should expect that [the Iran] retribution, in any way, shape, or form," either through proxy groups in the region, or "by their own hand".

He said: "We are looking to start A War with Iran, but we are ready to be finished. "

Mr. Esper, touched on the US secret service behind the decision to kill Soleimani, that an attack was on the front been expected of him, within a few days.

to be passed on Further details to a select number of congressional figures, he said.

renewed, Leading Iranian officials their threat of revenge. "The Martyr Qasem Soleimani is the most powerful. Now that he is dead," The Revolutionary guards' top General, Maj Hossein Salami , Gen crowds said in Kerman.

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called Soleimani is the killing an "act of war" and said Iran, the reaction would be against "legitimate targets".

Mr Zarif said President trump was "misled" by Mr. Pompeo.

"[Pompeo] believes, the people danced on The Streets of Tehran and Baghdad . Now I think that he has seen The Sea of humanity in Iraq and Iran yesterday. He doesn't want to admit that he had been is that the American foreign policy?" Mr Zarif asked.

Source of news: bbc.com