Join hands! Regarding the assassination of Soleimani and other senior generals, Iran and Iraq will jointly prosecute the United States
[Global Network Reporter Zhang Xiaoya] According to a report by Iran’s “World Congress News Agency” on the 21st, the Iraqi side issued a statement on the 20th that Iran and Iraq will jointly prosecute the United States for the assassination of Iran’s senior general Soleimani and others.
On January 6, local time, thousands of Iranian people took to the streets of Tehran to pay tribute to Soleimani, a senior officer killed by the US army. Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei gave a memorial ceremony for Soleimani. Its prayer. The picture shows a picture of the people holding up Soleimani at the memorial service.
On the 20th local time, the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq stated in a statement that Iraq would assassinate the commander of the "Quds Brigade" of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Qassim Soleimani, and Iraqi Shiite militias in Iraq. The actions of the deputy commander of the "People's Mobilization Organization" Muhandis were regarded as criminal acts, and said that they had coordinated legal procedures with the Iranian Ministry of Justice, and the two countries would file a joint lawsuit against the United States.
"The investigation into the airport (assassination) incident was initiated from the very beginning. The Iraqi Ministry of Justice regarded the incident as a criminal act in Iraq. Some of the victims of the incident were Iraqis," the statement said.
According to the statement, the investigation was conducted in accordance with the Iraqi Criminal Procedure Law. The investigation first conducted on-site inspections and communicated with the plaintiff including legal representatives of the Iranian Embassy.
"The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers have learned other details about the accident, and the investigation procedures after the accident will continue to be conducted in accordance with Iraqi law." The statement added.
According to reports, just one day before Iraq’s statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with Iraqi officials including the chairman of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. In addition, on the 21st local time, Iraqi Prime Minister Kadimi will visit Tehran, the capital of Iran, and hold high-level talks with Iranian officials.
On January 3 this year, the US military air strikes Iraq’s Baghdad International Airport. Soleimani, the commander of the "Quds Brigade" under the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in the attack. The attack also resulted in many deaths, including Muhandis, the deputy commander of the "People's Mobilization Organization", the Iraqi Shiite militia. The tension between the United States and Iran suddenly escalated. The Prime Minister of the Iraqi caretaker government Abdul-Mahdi also condemned the US attack as an infringement of Iraq’s sovereignty.