TEHRAN – Secretary of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday that the first meeting of the joint investigative committee on the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani will be held in Iraq on November 24-25.
General Soleimani, the commander of the Qods Force, was assassinated in a U.S. drone attack in January 2020 during an official visit to Baghdad.
Iran has called Gen. Soleimani’s assassination “state terrorism” and vowed to put an end to the U.S. military’s presence in the region as the ultimate act of revenge, while urging neighboring Iraq to expel U.S. forces from the Arab country.
Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has said the U.S. cannot escape the consequences of the terrorist act, and that the operators and directors must be punished and brought to justice for their action.
Officials have said Iran will legally pursue 36 individuals, with Trump at the top of the list, for the assassination of Gen. Soleimani and his companions.
Referring to a ruling by the Rotterdam Court of the Netherlands regarding a member of anti-Iran Al-Ahwazia terrorist group, Gharibabadi said the court upheld all four charges against him.
He touched on the recent arrest of three more Al-Ahwazia members in Denmark, saying it is important that a similar verdict is issued against them.