Iran calls for UN action on US over killing of Qassem Soleimani
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Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters
Iran calls for UN action on US over killing of Qassem Soleimani
Request comes amid a week of events planned by Iranian officials on second anniversary of Soleimani’s killing on January 3.
Aljazeera – Published On 2 Jan 2022
Tehran, Iran – Iran has called on the United Nations to take formal action against the United States for the assassination of its top general two years ago.
Iran says Qassem Soleimani, the then-commander of the elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on a diplomatic mission when his convoy was destroyed by missiles fired from a US drone.
In a letter to the UN General Assembly published late on Saturday, the legal department of Iran’s presidential office called for “all legal initiatives in its power, including issuing a resolution” to condemn the US government and discourage similar moves in the future.
The letter said US governments have, for years, displayed an “excessive unilateralism” in their actions that has granted them the power to violate international laws and agreements.
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