Iran’s Ambassador to UN:
UNITED NATIONS (Kayhan Intl.) -- Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the U.S. assassination of top Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani was a gift to Daesh and other terrorist outfits in the region.
Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks in an address to a virtual session on "Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” held at the UN.
Takht-Ravanchi denounced the assassination as a "brutal and cowardly” act and an "obvious example of state terrorism” perpetrated in breach of international law.
"The United States’ brutal and cowardly assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the champion of fighting terrorists in the region, and his companions, while on an official visit to neighboring Iraq, is another obvious example of State terrorism pursued in gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law, entailing criminal responsibility of its perpetrators,” the Iranian envoy said.
"This tragedy was a big gift to Daesh and other terrorist groups in the region who celebrated his assassination,” he added.
In a drone attack on January 3, the U.S. assassinated General Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), along with their companions near Baghdad airport.
Both commanders enjoyed deep reverence among Muslim nations for their endeavors to eliminate the U.S.-sponsored Daesh terrorist group, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
U.S. President Donald Trump directly ordered the terrorist act. Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help to detain the U.S. president and several other military and political leaders who were behind the assassination.
Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said this week the assassination was "unlawful”.
On Thursday, the rapporteur said the U.S. has put the world at unprecedented peril with its assassination of the highly charismatic Iranian commander, setting a terrible precedent.
Iran responded to the terrorist act with a volley precision-guided ballistic missiles which pounded a U.S. military in Iraq January 8. Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill
demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces from their country.
In his remarks Friday, Takht-Ravanchi also lambasted U.S. sanctions against Iran as an act of economic terrorism.
"The United States’ maximum pressure policy against Iran is designed to deliberately and indiscriminately target innocent civilians with the sole purpose of causing pain and suffering among them. Therefore, these actions constitute terrorist acts and, in the broader context, economic terrorism.”
Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks in an address to a virtual session on "Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” held at the UN.
Takht-Ravanchi denounced the assassination as a "brutal and cowardly” act and an "obvious example of state terrorism” perpetrated in breach of international law.
"The United States’ brutal and cowardly assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the champion of fighting terrorists in the region, and his companions, while on an official visit to neighboring Iraq, is another obvious example of State terrorism pursued in gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law, entailing criminal responsibility of its perpetrators,” the Iranian envoy said.
"This tragedy was a big gift to Daesh and other terrorist groups in the region who celebrated his assassination,” he added.
In a drone attack on January 3, the U.S. assassinated General Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), along with their companions near Baghdad airport.
Both commanders enjoyed deep reverence among Muslim nations for their endeavors to eliminate the U.S.-sponsored Daesh terrorist group, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
U.S. President Donald Trump directly ordered the terrorist act. Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help to detain the U.S. president and several other military and political leaders who were behind the assassination.
Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said this week the assassination was "unlawful”.
On Thursday, the rapporteur said the U.S. has put the world at unprecedented peril with its assassination of the highly charismatic Iranian commander, setting a terrible precedent.
Iran responded to the terrorist act with a volley precision-guided ballistic missiles which pounded a U.S. military in Iraq January 8. Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill
demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces from their country.
In his remarks Friday, Takht-Ravanchi also lambasted U.S. sanctions against Iran as an act of economic terrorism.
"The United States’ maximum pressure policy against Iran is designed to deliberately and indiscriminately target innocent civilians with the sole purpose of causing pain and suffering among them. Therefore, these actions constitute terrorist acts and, in the broader context, economic terrorism.”
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