Iran reaffirms commitment to bring Soleimani killers to justice
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Three years after the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian government on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice.
“Three years ago on this day, the helpless American president and his team decided to do something heinous and contrary to international laws,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an Instagram post on Tuesday, commemorating the anniversary of Soleimani’s killing.
The Iranian foreign minister added that his ministry and the Iranian judiciary “are seriously in pursuit of bringing the leader and perpetrators of the terrorist crime of Baghdad airport to justice.”
General Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a US airstrike on January 3, 2020, alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the top commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi). A number of their bodyguards were also killed in the strike which was ordered by President Donald Trump in response to the constant attacks by IRGC-allied groups on the US embassy in Baghdad and military bases housing coalition and US forces across the country.
The killing stunned the Iranian establishment and their regional allies but was welcomed by the US allies in the region.
Ceremonies have been held in Iran and in Iraq for the past three years to mark the anniversary of the killing of Soleimani and Muhandis.
Last year, at the scene of the killing at Baghdad airport, a ceremony was held where Soleimani’s daughter Zeinab thanked the Iraqi people for attending his father’s funeral, and expressed hope that one day they would celebrate the departure of the American forces from Iraq. Protestors chanted "Death to America," with signs in the Baghdad square reading "US terrorism has to end."
Iran has on multiple occasions said that they would take former US President Trump and all those who partook in the attack to international courts.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in September, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held up a picture of Soleimani and said that Tehran will seek justice for the commander’s killing through a “fair tribunal”.
“Three years ago on this day, the helpless American president and his team decided to do something heinous and contrary to international laws,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an Instagram post on Tuesday, commemorating the anniversary of Soleimani’s killing.
The Iranian foreign minister added that his ministry and the Iranian judiciary “are seriously in pursuit of bringing the leader and perpetrators of the terrorist crime of Baghdad airport to justice.”
General Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a US airstrike on January 3, 2020, alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the top commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi). A number of their bodyguards were also killed in the strike which was ordered by President Donald Trump in response to the constant attacks by IRGC-allied groups on the US embassy in Baghdad and military bases housing coalition and US forces across the country.
The killing stunned the Iranian establishment and their regional allies but was welcomed by the US allies in the region.
Ceremonies have been held in Iran and in Iraq for the past three years to mark the anniversary of the killing of Soleimani and Muhandis.
Last year, at the scene of the killing at Baghdad airport, a ceremony was held where Soleimani’s daughter Zeinab thanked the Iraqi people for attending his father’s funeral, and expressed hope that one day they would celebrate the departure of the American forces from Iraq. Protestors chanted "Death to America," with signs in the Baghdad square reading "US terrorism has to end."
Iran has on multiple occasions said that they would take former US President Trump and all those who partook in the attack to international courts.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in September, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held up a picture of Soleimani and said that Tehran will seek justice for the commander’s killing through a “fair tribunal”.