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Soleimani’s anniversary approaches, Iran expands list of retaliations

　　[Global Times reporter Bao Xiaolong] "Iran has put on the agenda to report the recovery of the assassins of General Raimani", with the first anniversary of the assassination of Soleimani, the commander of the "Quds Brigade" under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (January 3) is coming soon, this report of Iran’s Tasnim News Agency on the 27th has aroused widespread concern.

　　According to Tasnim News Agency, Amir Abdullahian, Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran in charge of International Affairs and spokesman of the Soleimani Death Anniversary Committee, said on the 27th that Tehran would assassinate Soleimani. The list of US suspects in the United States has expanded. There were 45 people on the list before, and the Iranian Ministry of Justice added 3 more on this basis on the 27th.

He added that the Iranian judiciary has stepped up its efforts and plans to prosecute those who ordered and committed this criminal act.

Amir Abdullahian said that Iran has issued arrest warrants to six countries and hopes that these people will be tried in the "near future."

　　Iran has also set up relevant agencies to seek justice for the Iranian military officer.

Iran’s Deputy Minister of Justice announced in November that a committee responsible for collecting evidence of assassinations and a judicial committee responsible for investigating procedures were established on the order of the Minister of Justice.

　　On January 3 this year, Soleimani was killed in an airstrike by US troops outside Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.

According to Iran’s English News Television on the 27th, Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah said in an interview a few days ago that the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel had conspired to assassinate Soleimani and others.

Some analysts believe that the US assassination of Soleimani was to aggravate tensions in the Middle East, thereby benefiting American capitalists.

　　After Soleimani was assassinated, Iran targeted the United States.

Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei issued a statement in January that Iran will carry out “tough revenge” against the incident.

On January 8, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired dozens of missiles to at least two Iraqi military bases stationed with US troops.

In June of this year, Iran asked Interpol to arrest 36 people suspected of participating in the assassination of Soleimani.

　　As the anniversary of Soleimani's death approached, relations between Iran and the United States became more tense. According to Iranian media reports, on December 16, Khamenei attended the meeting to commemorate the first anniversary of Soleimani’s martyrdom and once again stated that Iran would make the killer pay the price. He emphasized that the United States should be "slapped severely" first, and the United States should be expelled from the region. According to a CNN report on the 21st, the U.S. Navy rarely issued a public statement stating that the U.S. Navy’s "Georgia" guided missile nuclear submarine passed through the Strait of Hormuz under the escort of two warships. The statement also emphasized the details of submarine combat capabilities. There is a view that this is the US military "showing muscles" to Iran in a sensitive period.