Opinion: Iran's new foreign minister, Amir-Abdollahian, will likely continue the Iranian policy of destabilisation and promoting militias, hindering regional reintegration, writes Arash Azizi.
Comment: Many Iraqis now fear it's their country that has the most to lose from being used as a potential battlefield for two foreign powers, writes Sam Hamad.
Soleimani's death will have major implications for the Middle East. He was the man behind Iran's imperial adventures in the region and the second most powerful man in Tehran.
Former Israel military Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has revealed that Israel launched an unsuccessful operation in 2018 to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.
Mahmoud Mousavi Majd had been detained and imprisoned by Iranian authorities months before Soleimani's assassination, the Iranian judiciary's official media outlet has since said.
Speaking at an event commemorating the second anniversary of Qasem Soleimani's death, Hamas co-founder Mahmoud Al-Zahar said that all who celebrated the Iranian general's killing are 'Zionist traitors of the Arab world'.
Pro-Iranian supporters, many dressed in black, massed in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square to also condemn Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi as a "coward" and an "agent of the Americans".
President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander last month in response to past attacks, a White House Memo revealed.