Iranian MP Ahmad Hamzeh vowed to award $ 3 million to "anyone who assassinates Trump" to avenge Generalimimani.

Ahmad Hamzeh, a little-known member of Iran's parliament, made the proposal on behalf of the people of Kerman, home of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general was killed in a US air strike outside Baghdad airport, Iraq on Wednesday. 3/1.

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US President Donald Trump at the White House on January 9 Photo: Reuters

Hamzeh's statement came amid Iranian parliamentary elections. However, the MP did not specify who would pay the $ 3 million bonus he mentioned.

Soleimani, commander of the Quds task force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, is considered the country's second most powerful man after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His death strained relations between the United States and Iran with Tehran's vow of vengeance.

Iran on January 8 raided missiles at two US military bases based in Iraq, injuring 11 soldiers. The US Treasury Department later imposed new sanctions on eight senior officials and 17 Iranian businesses in response, and warned that it would continue to pressure until Tehran "stopped funding global terrorism and pledge never to have a nuclear weapon. "