Iran’s International Ministry on Monday issued a press release commemorating the third anniversary of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s martyrdom.
The USA assassinated Common Soleimani, the previous commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Pressure, together with Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq’s anti-terrorist Individuals’s Mobilization Items, and their companions in a close-by drone strike of Baghdad Worldwide Airport on January three, 2020.
The next is the textual content of the assertion by the Iranian Ministry of International Affairs:
On this third anniversary of the martyrdom of Islam’s wonderful basic and worldwide hero within the struggle in opposition to terrorism, Lieutenant Common Qassem Soleimani, the Ministry of International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran honors the identify and reminiscence of a esteemed martyr who donated his life in a honest and stoic method Service to the folks of Iran, Islam and regional and international peace and safety.
Common Martyr Soleimani’s central function within the implementation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s strategic coverage of building peace and stability on the regional and worldwide ranges, in addition to his efficient measures to fight worldwide terrorism and terrorist teams within the area, introduced this immortal martyr recognition and recognition Honorary titles akin to “The Altruist”, “The Worldwide Hero of the Battle Towards Terrorism” and “The Common of Peace”.
Underneath false allegations and subterfuges, together with beneath the guise of counter-terrorism, and beneath the pretense of being a criminal offense and a flagrant violation of the rules and rules of worldwide regulation, the US authorities deliberate and carried out a terrorist assault on certainly one of our highest-ranking officers within the Third-country soil whereas on official obligation. Undoubted as it’s, the prison act deliberate and carried out by the US to assassinate Common Soleimani is one other blatant instance of an “organized terrorist act.”
Based mostly on authorized and worldwide requirements, the American regime bears “clear worldwide duty” for this crime. On this context, all brokers and purchasers, instigators, perpetrators and helpers and supporters of this terrorist crime bear duty. On this regard, the Ministry of International Affairs, along with the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran and different authorities, have taken a sequence of measures from the very starting, based mostly on the authorized precept of “combating impunity” so as to maintain the above accountable and convey them to justice . On this context, the Ministry of International Affairs, in cooperation with different related establishments, arrange the Particular Committee for the Authorized and Worldwide Observe-Up of the Homicide Case of Common Soleimani and His Companions. Since its inception, the Committee has been investigating and pursuing the authorized points of the case and has to this point taken a number of actions to advance the problem in any respect nationwide, bilateral, regional and worldwide ranges. The Committee is set to proceed in earnest till its targets are absolutely achieved and the US authorities’s worldwide obligations are asserted. In the meantime, the Joint Judicial Committee between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq continues to research this American act of terrorism.
In step with its fundamental coverage of countering terrorism and extremism, the Islamic Republic of Iran will proceed to work in the direction of establishing peace and stability on the regional and worldwide ranges. And whereas Common Qassem Soleimani’s martyrdom is just too nice a loss for Iran and the Iranians, it on no account prevents the Islamic Republic of Iran from pursuing its lofty targets.
The Ministry of International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to take the chance to pay tribute to the ascended souls of all martyrs and as soon as once more honor the reminiscence of all of them, particularly those that fell within the struggle in opposition to Iran’s terrorism and extremism, amongst them above all of the martyred Common Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis and their martyred companions.