Iranian ambassador to Lebanon says resistance to be stronger after Soleimani's assassination

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia said Saturday that the U.S. fails to limit the power of resistance by assassinating senior Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, the National News Agency reported.

"We consider that the pure and honorable blood of General Soleimani and his righteous companions will be an additional incentive for more empowerment of the resistance," Firouznia said while receiving people at the Iranian embassy who offered their condolences for Soleimani.

"We consider that the Americans, through this heinous crime, added a new crime to their black record," he said.

A U.S. drone attack ordered by President Donald Trump on Friday killed Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.