Haj Mohammadreza Taheri and Karbalayi Hossein Taheri

Former U.S. President Donald Trump made remarks about the killing of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The remarks came as al-Sudani was not involved in politics at the time and preferred to speak about the future. The incident drew reactions, and the media covered it.

• Donald Trump said that he had killed Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.
• Trump went on to add that in the same incident, a very bad person from Iraq was also killed.
• He told the Iraqi prime minister that he did not know whether he had done him a favor by doing so or not.
• Trump also noted that he had never asked the Iraqi prime minister this question before.
• In response to Trump’s remarks, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that he was not in politics at the time of the incident.
• The Iraqi prime minister also said that he preferred to talk about the future.
• Al-Sudani told Trump that he did not care about the past.
• The media described Trump’s remarks as “audacity” and an “insult” to Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.. Coverage difference: the outlet “Akharin Khabar” emphasized Trump’s “audacity” and also referred to the killing of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. “Khabar فوری” in one report described Trump’s remarks as an “insult” to the martyrs Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and in another report, limited itself to quoting Trump directly and al-Sudani’s response. All three sources covered Trump’s original quotes and the Iraqi prime minister’s response.