Report: Iran foiled assassination attempt against general

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says authorities foiled an assassination attempt against the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s foreign wing, or Quds Force, last month.
Thursday’s says the attempt against Gen. Qassim Soleimani occurred in September, when Soleimani planned to attend a religious ceremony in the southeastern Kerman province.
It said attackers had planned to plant nearly 500 kilograms, about 1,102 pounds, of explosives in an undergrou