Chillier Relations between the Vatican and Iran, Even before the Killing of Suleimani Six days after the killing in Baghdad of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani (in the photo, with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), there was great anticipation over what Francis would say in the traditional beginning of the year speech to the diplomatic corps.The pope expressed himself in this regard with these words, revisiting what he said before at the Angelus of January 5:“Particularly troubling are the signals coming from the entire region [of the Middle East] following the heightening of tensions between Iran and the United States, which risk above...