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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a classified mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said both Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Shahlai were on approved military targeting lists, which indicates a deliberate effort by the U.S. to cripple the leadership of Iran\u2019s Quds force, which has been designated a terror organization by the U.S. Officials would not say how the mission failed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/03\/iraq-rockets-fired-at-baghdad-airport-7-people-killed\/\" target=_blank>drone strike on Jan. 3 killed Soleimani<\/a> shortly after he landed at Baghdad International Airport. Trump administration officials have justified the killing as an act of self-defense, saying he was planning military acts that threatened large numbers of American military and diplomatic officials in the Middle East. Iran, however, called the attack an act of terrorism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/08\/iran-says-fierce-attack-has-begun-as-rockets-hit-iraq-bases-with-american-troops\/\" target=_blank>on Jan. 8 it launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles<\/a> at two bases in Iraq that house American and coalition forces. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/08\/no-us-casualties-in-iran-missile-strike-preliminary-reports-say\/\" target=_blank>No one was killed<\/a> in that retaliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/08\/trump-says-iran-is-standing-down-after-missile-attacks-on-us-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20008606613148.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump says Iran is \u2018standing down\u2019 after missile attacks on US troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The president&#039;s remarks came the morning after Iran fired more than a dozen rockets at U.S. base housing sites in Iraq.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department offered a reward of $15 million early last month for information leading to the disruption of IRGC finances, including Shahlai, a key financier in the organization. The State Department said he \u201chas a long history of targeting Americans and U.S. allies globally,\u201d and planned multiple assassinations of coalition forces in Iraq. It said that his activities included providing weapons and explosives to Shia militia groups and directing a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, D.C., in 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon declined to discuss the highly-classified operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have seen the report of a January 2 airstrike in Yemen, which is long-understood as a safe space for terrorists and other adversaries to the United States. The Department of Defense does not discuss alleged operations in the region,\u201d said Navy Cmdr. 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