Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani”s killing

TIL Desk/World/Tehran/ A senior Iranian judge has said that Interpol Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the US, including President Donald Trump, “who were involved in the assassination” of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, it was reported.

“Thirty-six people who were involved in the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani have been identified, including political and military officials from the US and other governments,” Tehran Prosecutor Ali Alqasi-Mehr said on Monday.

“At the top of the list is US President Donald Trump, and his prosecution will be pursued even after the end of his term in office,” he said. The judge added that Iran”s Judiciary has issued arrest warrants and requested “Red Notices” to be put out for them by Interpol.

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-Shaabi, were killed on January 3 in a US airstrike that targeted their convoy near the Baghdad airport.