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News|Soleimani assassination
IRAN’S RAISI SAYS TRUMP MUST FACE JUSTICE FOR SOLEIMANI KILLING
President Ebrahim Raisi urges formation of a ‘fair court’ in which former
President Trump and other US officials are tried.
President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday delivered his remarks at an event in Tehran’s
Grand Mosalla held to mark the second anniversary since the killing of General
Qassem Soleimani [File: Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
By Maziar Motamedi
Published On 3 Jan 20223 Jan 2022
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Tehran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said former United States President
Donald Trump must face justice for his role in the assassination of top general
Qassem Soleimani two years ago, or else Iran will have revenge.
In a televised speech on Monday, the Iranian president said as the “main
criminal and killer” who ordered the deadly drone attack on Soleimani’s convoy
in Iraq, Trump must face “God’s ruling” and suffer “qisas”, which is the Islamic
term for retaliation in kind.
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Raisi called for the formation of a “fair court” in which Trump, former
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other American officials are sentenced and
punished.
If not, he said, “don’t doubt, and I tell this to all American statesmen, that
the hand of revenge will come out of the ummah’s [nation’s] sleeve”.
Iran has said Soleimani, one of the most powerful figures in the country at the
time, was on a diplomatic mission in Baghdad by invitation of the Iraqi
government when the US targeted him near the city’s airport.
At the time, Iran promised “harsh revenge” and days later fired more than a
dozen missiles at two US bases in Iraq that caused no casualties. The country
later set the complete withdrawal of American military forces from the region as
its ultimate goal as it pledged revenge for the killing.
Meanwhile, judiciary officials have promised to continue following up on the
assassination in local and international venues. The country had previously
requested Interpol “red notices” for the arrest of Trump and dozens of other US
officials.
A local court was set up on Monday, and officials have invited the Iranian
public to formally register any grievances they may have with foreign powers for
assassinating the general.
Iran has also called on the United Nations General Assembly and the Security
Council to issue resolutions against the US and Israel – which Iranian officials
have accused of providing assistance for the drone attack – to condemn them and
discourage similar attacks in the future.
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Iraq protests mark 2020 killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
‘SCHOOL OF SOLEIMANI’
Raisi on Monday delivered his remarks at an event in Tehran’s Grand Mosalla to
mark the second anniversary of the killing of the general. The event was
televised live and included singing, reciting of poetry, flag-waving and
speeches.
A week of events and programmes to commemorate the former commander of the Quds
Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) began on Friday and
continued on Monday, with gatherings in Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman and other
cities across the country.
The event in Tehran was attended by high-ranking officials and envoys of
regional allies like Palestine, Syria and Yemen who are part of the so-called
“resistance axis” supported by Iran and expanded by Soleimani for decades.
During his speech, Raisi also painted Soleimani as a man who was more than a
mere person “and became a culture, a way, a school”.
“He is not a person, he is a school. And this school is neither destroyed by
terror nor by missiles,” the president said.
Raisi said the general never feared the US even as he was fully aware of its
military power, “and believed from the depths of his soul that America can’t do
a damn thing against us”, echoing a phrase favoured by Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei.
Raisi also said Soleimani was a man who mastered both the battlefield and
diplomacy, in what appeared to be a barb at former Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif, who had said in a leaked audio tape in April that he at times had
to “sacrifice” diplomacy for the advancement of field operations across the
region.
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US killing of Iran's Qassem Soleimani 'unlawful': UN expert
MORE EVENTS TO COME
Iranian media was awash with content about Soleimani on Monday, and a
documentary on him was slated to be aired soon by state television. Cities were
filled with posters of Soleimani, at times pictured next to Iraqi commander Abu
Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was part of Soleimani’s convoy and was also killed along
with several others in the drone attack.
A student gathering was organised Sunday night outside the Swiss embassy in
Tehran, which represents US interests in the decades-long absence of formal
relations. The participants shouted slogans and burned US flags in the street.
Events are expected to continue every day until Friday, when officials have
planned an exhibition showcasing Iranian missiles to mark the IRGC’s missile
attacks on the US bases two years ago.
In the early hours of Monday, at least two major Israeli media companies came
under cyberattacks. The website of the Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of
Maariv appeared to be hacked as they posted content praising Soleimani and
threatening Israel.
An image that they both posted showed a picture from the IRGC’s recent five-day
military drill, in which a mockup of Israel’s Dimona nuclear facilities were
blown up using missiles and drones. A fist guiding the missile bore Soleimani’s
famous ring, with the words, “We are close to you where you do not think about
it” on the image.
Source: Al Jazeera
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