 Pence akadzivirira chisarudzo chaTrump muna Ndira 2020 chekuuraya mukuru wemauto eIranmuIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC Qasem Soleimani, achisimudzira dzidziso dzekurangana dzinofungidzirwa kuti dzakabatanidza kurwiswa kweAl-Qaeda kuUnited States neIran. Mumutsetse wetsamba dzepaTwitter, mutevedzeri womutungamiri wenyika akadana Soleimani kuti munhu akaipa akanga ane mutoro wokuuraya zviuru zvavaAmerica. Pence akasimbirira kuti Soleimani akanga abatsira pakufamba muchivande kuenda kuAfghanistan kwevane gumi nevapanduki vane gumi nevaviri vakaita kurwiswa kwemagandanga kwaSeptember 11, izvo vatsoropodzi vakati kwaive kuvhiringidza kwake nhamba yevapambi ve911 chaizvoizvo 19 uye kufungidzira pasina humbowo kuti mukuru aibatanidzwa. Nyanzvi dzakawanda dzakapindura kuti zvataurwa naPence zvakanga zvisina uchapupu. Mutauriri waPence Katie Waldman akati magandanga gumi nemaviri akataurwa naPence ndevaya vakanga vafamba vachipfuura nomuAfghanistan, gumi dzacho dzakanga dzichibatsirwa naSoleimani. 