Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not provide further details.
Earlier, Iraqi state television, citing sources close to the People's Mobilization Forces (PDM), reported that powerful Iranian Lt. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards operations abroad, and Abu Mahdi al-Mahdi, Iraqi paramilitary forces have been killed in a bomb blast near Baghdad's international airport.
Several sources close to the Iraqi security forces and the DLK (or "Hasd al-Saabi" in Arabic) confirmed that Suleimani and Muhaddis were among at least eight people killed in the airport bombing.
The rockets also hit the car in which the Iranian general was riding, according to AMPE.
The Revolutionary Guards - a select corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran - today confirmed the death in a bombing raid in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, of Lt. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, head of the Kunduz Tehran on Iraqi affairs, blaming the United States.
"The Revolutionary Guards announce that the glorious commander of the Islamic forces, Hajj Qassem Suleimani, has died after a life of sacrifice, witnessed an American attack on Baghdad airport this morning," the statement said. Iranian state television.