Post 3.1
1. Why was General Soleimani an important target for the airstrike?
Heled covert operations and planning in Iran.
2. How did the Department of Defense (the Pentagon) justify this attack?
He and his Quds forces were actively planning to attack America and had been responsible for the death of hundreds of Americans already.
3. How have Iran's leaders responded to the US attack?
Iran's leaders have promised revenge for this act/
4. How has President Trump responded to Iran's promises of "revenge"?
He has threatened to strike multiple targets in Iran.
5. Why have some said that Trump's response would be considered a war crime?
Targeting cultural sights is a war crime as they are protected by international law.
6. What impact has this attack on Iran's leadership had on normal Iranian people?
Tens of thousands of mourners have gathered to protest and mourn his death united.
7. How has the government of Iraq responded to the US attacks on Iranian leadership?
They have pulled further out of the nuclear deal and begun to stockpile uranium.
8. What was the 2015 Nuclear deal between Iran and the Obama Administration?
Iran would limit the number of Centrifuges it has so that it cannot produce Uranium in any great amount, and in return, sanctions would be lifted.
9. What did President Trump do to the Iranian government because he disagreed with the deal?
He reimposed sanctions, because of how hostile groups were still operating out of Iran.
10. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will stop following?
It will stockpile more low-level enriched Uranium then previously allowed.
11. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will continue to follow?
It will continue to accept the UN inspections of its nuclear facilities.

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