Iran has applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant for U.S. President, Donald Trump in connection with the murder of it’s top General, Qassem Soleimani a year ago.
This Iran’s justice spokesman, Gholam Hossein Ismaili disclosed on Iranian state television on Tuesday
According to him, “In this regard, we have filed a ‘red notice’ at Interpol against 48 people, including Trump, U.S. commanders, and Pentagon representatives as well as U.S. troops in the region,” Ismaili said.
“There is constructive cooperation with neighbouring Iraq on the issue,” the spokesman added.
On January 3, 2020, on Trump’s instructions, the US Army killed Soleimani, who was on a visit to Iraq with a rocket attack near Baghdad airport.
The influential Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi militia, was also killed.
Soleimani was the commander of the elite Quds Force, part of an elite unit of the Iranian armed forces.
He coordinated the activities of militias loyal to Iran in Iraq and other countries.
President Hassan Rowhani of Iran has called Soleimani a national hero and he has become a legend in the region after his assassination by the U.S.
Tehran will avenge his murder “in due course” and at the same time take legal action against Trump and the Pentagon, Rowhani said.
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