Iran has called on the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to issue a “red notice” for the arrest of President Trump
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Iranian spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili described Trump as “the main culprit” in the assassination of Soleimani, whom he called a “terrorist crime,” summer official Mehr News Agency reported. according to NPR. Other U.S. officials included in the request are U.S. military commanders and officials in the region and in the Pentagon.
The request was the second time that Iran had asked for help in arresting the president.
“The request to issue ‘Red Notice’ to 48 people involved in the assassination of Martyr Soleimani, including the US President, as well as commanders and officials in the Pentagon and the forces in the region, has been handed over to Interpol,” he said. Esmaili during said. an information session.
Interpol red notices are appealing to law enforcement agencies around the world to help detect and arrest refugees who are being prosecuted or seeking imprisonment.
However, Interpol’s general secretariat told NPR that the police association says in the constitution that it is strictly forbidden for the organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial nature. ‘
Trump and other administration officials said the U.S. was targeting Soleimani in a strike in January 2020 that ultimately killed the general. The president said Soleimani was “planning imminent and sinister attacks” on the United States
A United Nations investigator later concluded that the US strike was “illegal and arbitrary under international law.”
Iran has promised rewards for the assassination of the general, and days later the country launched a rocket attack on an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops, resulting in the traumatic brain injuries of more than 100 U.S. servicemen. The country first arrested Trump in June.
On the one-year anniversary of Soleimani’s death, Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s chief of justice, said: “Trump will have to repay, regardless of his position,” NPR reported, referring to the conservative Iranian newspaper Kayhan.
“Whether he heads the US government or not, Trump must retaliate for the atrocities he committed,” he said.