translated from Spanish: US notes ‘outrage’ after last Iraqi-based attack involving American soldiers

U.S. diplomacy chief Mike Pompeo said Sunday to be “outraged” by a new missile attack on an Iraqi base housing U.S. soldiers, as neighboring Iran signaled looking to reduce tensions in the region.” Outraged by reports of a new missile attack on an Iraqi air base,” Pompeo said. “These repeated violations of Iraq’s sovereignty by groups opposed to the Iraqi government must cease,” he added. The source of the shots has not been specified. Meanwhile in Iran, on this Sunday day there were new demonstrations against the Islamic government, in response to the deaths of 176 people after the accidental downing of a Ukrainian civilian plane near Tehran.The rallies have been mainly in the universities of the capital, but there have also been demonstrations in other cities calling for the resignation of the main authorities, as reported by the BBC. Riot forces have been deployed in Tehran’s Azadi Square and other key locations, although no incidents have been reported so far. On Saturday there were also rallies at two universities in Tehran at first to pay tribute to the victims of the accident of the Ukrainian aircraft, mostly Iranians or of Iranian origin, but the rage was later transformed into protests against the regime, which responded with riot gear and tear gas. However, during this and the last days, demonstrations have also taken place in Tehran against the United States and the United Reindeer, in rejection of the murder of General Qasem Soleimani, who died in a US bombing in Irak.La death of the powerful Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in an American attack on January 3rd in Iraq has triggered one of the biggest crises seen in the region.

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