AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Deputy of International Affairs of the Judiciary explained the latest actions of in following up on the assassination of Martyr Soleimani and said that 94 defendants in the martyrdom case of Qassem Soleimani are Americans and the three main defendants are Trump, Pompeo and Mackenzie.
In the early morning of Friday, January 13, 2020, in the missile attack by American helicopters on 2 cars at the Baghdad airport, General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, and their companions were martyred. This attack was carried out under the supervision and direct order of the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
On the third anniversary of the assassination of Martyr Soleimani, in a news interview, Kazem Gharibabadi explained the latest follow-ups by the judicial system in the case of the assassination of Martyr Haj Qassem Soleimani.
Stating that 2 criminal cases are open in the judicial system of Iraq and the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran to deal with this crime, the Deputy of the Judiciary added: "In Iran's judicial system, the case is being investigated in Tehran's International Affairs Prosecutor's Office.
He clarified: A joint committee between the two countries' judicial bodies was established last year. Three rounds of meetings of this committee were held in Baghdad and Tehran. We agreed last week to hold the fourth round of the committee meeting early next week; In the framework of this joint committee, a very good exchange of information and documents was done between the two judicial institutions, and these documents and information helped our judicial colleagues to complete their investigations.
Gharib Abadi said about the defendants in this case: Currently, the indictment focuses on the American defendants, this case now has 94 defendants from the United States. All the necessary documents have been collected by the judicial authorities and at least three complete volumes about these 94 defendants are ready.
The three main accuseds are Trump, Pompeo and Mackenzie. No person will be immune from judicial proceedings. The issued indictment fully accuses these 3 people, and the judicial system is handling it, and in this way, there is no obstacle in the judicial system in front of us.
Gharibabadi also said about the international follow-up: The Islamic Republic of Iran decided to take its first action within the framework of the 1973 convention and sent an official letter to the US government based on the provisions of the convention through the diplomatic channel, in which the American officials It has been requested to either return the accused to Iran or try them themselves.
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