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Iranian parliament chief urges Iraq to pursue Gen. Soleimani’s assassination case

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 10:33 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 December 2022 6:15 PM ]

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf (R) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-kadhimi in Tehran on July 22, 2020.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has called on neighboring Iraq to “vigorously” follow up on the US assassination of top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, censuring the crime as a stain on the record of American statesmen.

“The United States violated Iraqi territory and impudently assassinated those who risked their lives to crush the bones of terrorism. This is not a simple issue. The American assassination is a major case that must be pursued vigorously,” Qalibaf said in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Tehran on Wednesday.

General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was killed in a fatal US drone strike near Baghdad airport on January 3, along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) counter-terrorism force, and eight other Iranian and Iraqi people.

“The criminal assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, an international hero in the fight against terrorism, and the great martyr Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions, on the direct order of [US] President [Donald] Trump, is a stain of shame that will never be erased from the faces of White House officials,” the top parliamentarian said.

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The Islamic Republic, he added, believes that stability will not return to the region as long as foreign forces are present.

Qalibaf also highlighted the historical and religious bonds between the two neighboring nations and said, “We fought Daesh and Takfiris and emerged victorious. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been standing by the Iraqi government and since the start [of their anti-terror fight].”

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The Parliament chief said political, economic and cultural relations between the two sides have been growing at a proper rate, calling for serious efforts to further enhance bilateral ties in various sectors.

Kadhimi, for his part, hailed Iran for backing the Iraqi government and nation during the fight against Daesh.

Iraq, he added, will not forget that Iran is an important neighbor and thus will continue developing bilateral economic, cultural and security ties.

Iraq will not allow its territory to be used as a ground for security threats against the Iranian nation, Kadhimi stressed.

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