Qasem Soleimani
The plane crash killed all 176 people on board, mostly Iranians and Iranian-Canadians.
The strike on the al-Asad and Erbil bases represent the first known retaliation to Trump's killing of an Iranian commander. Reportedly no Americans were killed.
The stampede erupted in Kerman, the hometown of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Destroying cultural property during armed conflict is considered a war crime under international law, one the U.S. has decried in the past.
Some officials were skeptical of reports of "imminent attacks" by Iran against U.S. targets, according to The New York Times.
They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week.
For Iranians, Soleimani represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of U.S. pressure.
Iran's foreign minister said the assassination of Soleimani was “an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation.”
"A flag is not a strategy," a former U.N. ambassador observed.
Suleimani is one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East.