Iran Asks Interpol to Issue ‘Red Notice’ for Assassination of Gen. Soleimani
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran issued a request to Interpol to issue a "red notice" for apprehension of the US president and 47 other US officials, related to the assassination of Iranian hero and the anti-terror commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.
Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaili announced on Tuesday that the country has requested Interpol to issue a red notice for those involved in the US assassination of the prominent military commander, calling US President Donald Trump "the main culprit" in Soleimani's assassination.
Esmaieli said Iran has identified 48 people in connection with the targeted killing and that includes US President Donald Trump, as well as commanders and officials at the Pentagon and US forces in the region.
He added that the assassination was a "terrorist crime" and said the red notice request also includes US military commanders and officials both in the region and at the Pentagon.
The Iranian Judiciary spokesman said Tehran has made it clear in its request the role each individual played in the brutal assassination and stressed that Iran would seriously pursue the case to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Iran's Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raeisi said a day earlier that Trump would ultimately have to pay for ordering the assassination of General Soleimani “whether he heads the US administration or not."
Recently, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei said revenge for the Iranian general was certain and would be exacted at the right time.
The US terrorist forces assassinated Lieutenant General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi, and their companions by targeting their vehicles outside Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
The act of terror was carried out under the direction of Trump, with the Pentagon taking responsibility for the strike.
General Soleimani was viewed by Iranians as a hero and was considered by the world's freedom-seeking people as the key figure in defeating Daesh (ISIS or ISIL), the world’s most notorious terrorist group, in the Middle East battles.
Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles on a US military base in Iraq on January 8 as part of its revenge for the assassination.
