Iran has sent a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the killing of General Soleimani
The UN delegation of Iran, in a letter addressed to the organization's High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that Iran will continue its efforts aimed at punishing those responsible for the murder of General Haj Qassem Soleimani.
General Qassem Soleimani, Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi forces, Abu Mehdi al-Mohandes, and their 8 companions were martyred on January 3, 2020, as a result of a US airstrike near Baghdad Airport. Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of General Soleimani, the Permanent Representation of Iran at the United Nations, in a letter addressed to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that this assassination was deliberate, arbitrary, unjust and illegal. Referring to the legal steps taken by Iran after the assassination of General Soleimani, the letter said that the Islamic Republic will continue its efforts to bring those responsible for this killing to justice. In the letter, the Iranian representation at the UN also referred to the killing of Iranian military adviser Razi Mousavi and two other Iranian advisers in Syria on December 2, 2023.
Wednesday marks the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Haj Ghasem Soleimani. The Foundation for the Preservation of Sacred Defense Works and Publication of Values in Iran, issuing a statement, said that the course of history has shown that the physical elimination of that great martyr has made the task much more difficult for the Americans. Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the "Ghodes" division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, visited this country on January 3, 2020 at the official invitation of the Iraqi authorities, an American aggressor and terrorist was killed in an air attack by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Organization (Al-Hashd al- Shaabi) along with vice president Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes and his 8 companions. It is also said in the statement that the thought and path of martyr Soleimani was manifested not only in the countries of the region and among the Muslim peoples, but also now among Christians and non-Christians in Latin America, he is receiving attention as a world trend creator and a model of state management.
