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‘Austere Religious Poet’: NYT Reporter Shares Video Of Soleimani Reading Poetry, Gets Roasted

Amanda Prestigiacomo
‘Austere Religious Poet’: NYT Reporter Shares Video Of Soleimani Reading Poetry, Gets Roasted
Photo by Pool / Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Hours after it was confirmed that top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was killed via a Trump-ordered airstrike, New York Times reporter Farnaz Fassihi sought to humanize the deceased by posting a video of the terrorist reading poetry.

Soleimani, who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans (an estimated 608), was killed in an airstrike carried out on Friday near Baghdad International Airport.

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