Killing of All Killing of All American Leaders Would Not Be Enough
TEHRAN -- The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the U.S. assassination of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s top commander General Qassem Soleimani two years ago, a senior Iranian IRGC commander said on Wednesday.
The United States and Iran came close to full-blown conflict in 2020 after Gen. Soleimani’s assassination in a U.S. drone attack at Baghdad airport and Tehran’s retaliation by attacking U.S. bases in Iraq.
“Martyr Soleimani was such a great character that if all American leaders are killed, this will still not avenge his assassination,” senior IRGC Gen. Muhammad Pakpour said.
“We should avenge him by following Gen. Soleimani’s path and through other methods.”
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration falsely claimed that Gen. Soleimani was targeted for plotting future attacks on U.S. interests and that he had helped coordinate strikes on American forces in Iraq.
Pakpour’s comments came days after U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he does not support removing Iran’s