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The US tried to take out another top Iranian military figure on the same day as Qassem Soleimani was killed, according to officials.
Abdul Reza Shahlai, a high-ranking commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was reportedly the target of a failed airstrike in Yemen .
US officials said the unsuccessful mission happened on the day Soleimani, a senior Iranian general, died in a drone strike.
Soleimani’s assassination prompted Iran to threaten “revenge” and carry out missile attacks against two US army bases in Iraq, causing no casualties.
Both men were on approved US military targeting lists.
Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeralShow all 24 1 /24Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Kerman - Final stage of funeral processions Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of top general Qasem Soleimani during the final stage of funeral processions, in his hometown Kerman. Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with Iran which has vowed "severe revenge"
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Iranian people carry a coffin of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani during a funeral procession in Tehran
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Kerman - Final stage of funeral processions The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Mourners packed the streets of Tehran for ceremonies to pay homage to Soleimani, who spearheaded Iran's Middle East operations as commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force and was killed in a US drone strike on January 3
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Kerman - Final stage of funeral processions
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Iranians set a US and an Israeli flag on fire during the funeral procession
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, centre, with Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, second left, and President Hassan Rouhani, third left, standing next to him as he leads a prayer over the caskets of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Tehran University
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Kerman - Final stage of funeral processions
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, openly weeps as he leads a prayer over the coffin of Qassem Soleimani
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Mourners holding posters of Qassem Soleimani
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Coffins of Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a US drone strike, are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during a funeral procession, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Kerman - Final stage of funeral processions An Iranian mourner holds a placard
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Downtown Tehran was brought to a standstill as mourners flooded the Iranian capital
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Qassem Soleimani: Mourners fill Iran streets for funeral Tehran Former Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps chief Mohamad Ali Jafari prays on the coffins of Qasem Soleimani and of other victims during their funeral ceremony
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The US State Department offered a reward of $15m (£11.5m) last month for information on Mr Shahlai, a key financier to the IRGC.
The military official “has a long history of targeting Americans and US allies globally”, helped to plan multiple assassinations of coalition forces in Iraq and led a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington DC, the department said.
Rebecca Rebarich, a Pentagon spokesperson, said an airstrike in Yemen had been reported in early January.
She said the country “is long-understood as a safe space for terrorists and other adversaries to the United States”, according to The Washington Post .
Soleimani was killed in Iraq on 3 January in a drone strike by US forces.
The assassination has proved controversial and has been called “provocative and disproportionate” by Nancy Pelosi , the house speaker.
Donald Trump , the US president, has claimed without evidence that the military leader was planning to attack four US embassies .
Tensions have escalated in the Middle East following the assassination, with Iran attacking military bases used by the US in Iraq and promising to throw out its international nuclear deal .
Iran has admitted to shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet , killing around 180 people.
The country’s foreign minister said the “disaster” was a result of “human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism”.
Additional reporting by Associated Press
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