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Trump's drone assassination of Iranian general raises tensions to boiling point, campaigners warn
Stop the War Coalition calls for anti-war protest outside Downing Street at 2pm on Saturday
A burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following a US air strike, in Baghdad

THE assassination of Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani, has raised tensions in the Middle East to boiling point, anti-war campaigners have warned.

Stop the War Coalition has called a demonstration outside Downing Street at 2pm on Saturday under the heading No War with Iran.

The commander of the elite Quds Force, who led Tehran’s military operations in the Middle East, was targeted by the United States in a drone strike at Baghdad’s international airport early today and Iran and its allies are calling for a “harsh vengeance.”

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