Iran's parliament to discuss urgent motion in response to US terrorism
The Iranian parliament is considering a triple-urgency motion in response to terrorist assassination of the late commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Quds Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions, including the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Asadollah Abbasi, a spokesman for the Iranian parliament’s presiding board, said on Monday that the motion will be put on the parliament’s agenda in the open session on Tuesday.
“In reaction to the recent terrorist and cowardly assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his companions by the US and as decided by the presiding board, the triple-urgency motion will be put on the agenda of the parliament’s open session,” Abbasi added.
The lawmaker noted that the Iranian parliament’s motion is in reaction to the adventurist measure taken by the US to martyr General Soleimani and his companions.
“The latest US action is viewed as ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ not only by the parliament’s presiding board but also by most world countries, and the ratification of the triple-urgency motion lends legal credit to this issue,” Abbasi said.
Meanwhile, Fereidoun Hasanvand, head of the parliament’s Energy Commission, commented on the preparation of the triple-urgency motion aimed at consolidating Iran’s Quds Force, saying, “It is for the first time in 40 years that a triple-urgency motion is brought up in the country.”
Hasanvand added, “Strengthening and sourcing the finances of the IRGC’ Quds Force are among the objectives of this triple-urgency motion.”
General Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as well as eight other people were assassinated when a US drone carried out an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport early on Friday.
Both commanders were admired by Muslim nations for eliminating the US-sponsored Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
The US assassination has drawn a wave of condemnation from officials and movements throughout the world, and triggered huge public protests across the region.
Iran has warned that “harsh revenge" is waiting for the US.
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