Trump authorized Soleimani killing seven months ago: Report

By John Gage

Published January 13, 2020 2:03pm ET

Trump authorized Soleimani killing seven months ago: Report — Posters of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani are placed on chairs as supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gather for his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Soleimani. The posters read: "Sayyad of martyrs in the axis of resistance. The martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani." | (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Seven months ago President Trump approved the killing of Qassem Soleimani if Iran continued escalating conflict with the United States.

The presidential directive, which came in June, required that Trump approve the final sign-off of an operation to get Soleimani, according to NBC News.

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