State Sanctioned Assassination

I read a story that someone was called out for calling the killing of the Iranian General an Assassination.  Why?  Isn't that what it was?  They are trying to Minority Report him.  Do they really have intel that he was planning something?  Or is this Trump's Weapons of Mass Destruction?  It really does not look like anyone thought about the blow back.  I'd hate to be travelling in the Middle East.  They are going to target Americans.  This will not go unanswered.  How does our dictator respond?  With a war crime threat.  He says he will go after cultural sites in Iran.  What will stop them for going after Jerusalem?  They know how much it means to Christian ISIS in this country.