Iraqs parliament voted to demand the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country on Sunday following U.S. President Donald Trump s order to assassinate a high-profile Iranian military leader there.

The vote came after Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi advised parliament to expel the troops in response to the attack Trump authorized last week on Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani while the commander was at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Soleimani was a senior commander of Irans Quds Force and one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East. The assassination killed eight others, including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of a powerful Iraqi militia.

What happened was a political assassination, Abdul Mahdi said, according to The Washington Post .

Iraq cannot accept this, he reportedly added.