Iran warned US of 'consequences' for killing general

Iran's deputy foreign minister has said that Iran told the United States that there will be "consequences" for Israel over the Jan. 18 killing of an Iranian general.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), speaks during a news conference about the new political relations between Iran and Egypt after the newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi was sworn in, at the Iranian embassy in Cairo June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3SWSY
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, speaks during a news conference about political relations between Iran and Egypt after the election of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, at the Iranian embassy in Cairo, June 9, 2014. - REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdoollahian has said that Iranian officials sent the United States a message about the killing of an Iranian general by Israel.

At a ceremony in honor of Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, who was killed along with six Hezbollah fighters in the Golan Heights city of Quneitra Jan. 18, Abdollahian said, “In this message, we told the Americans that the Zionist regime crossed Iran’s red lines with this act.”

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