Tag: Qassem Soleimani

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  Iran issues arrest warrant for President Trump over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani

  

  Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help, Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said announced, according to the Fars news agency.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Protests in Iran against ayatollahs, “Clerics get lost”; five nations to discuss legal actions over downed Ukrainian airplane

  

  Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the country’s clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:33 UTC

  Killing Soleimani part of a broader policy of real deterrence to challenges, said Pompeo

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by US foes that also applies to China and Russia, further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on US targets.