The US killed General Soleimani et al. during a January drone attack near Baghdad International Airport.
Iran has issued a bench warrant for US President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help, Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday, consistent with the Fars press agency.
Iran has issued a bench warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes administered the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad.
Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, alongside quite 30 others Iran accuses of involvement within the January 3 attack that killed General Qassem Soleimani, face "murder and terrorism charges", the semi-official ISNA press agency reported.
Alqasimehr didn't identify anyone else sought aside from Trump but stressed Iran would still pursue his prosecution even after his presidency ends.
Alqasimehr said the warrants had been issued on charges of murder and terrorist action. He said Iran had asked Interpol to issue a “red notice” for Trump and therefore the other individuals the Islamic Republic accuses of participating within the killing of Soleimani.
Alqasimehr said the group included other US military and civilian officials but didn't provide further details.
He said Iran would still pursue the matter after Trump's time in office ends.
The killing of Soleimani brought us and Iran to the brink of armed conflict after Iran retaliated by firing missiles at American targets in Iraq several days later.
Interpol, based in Lyon, France, said during a statement its constitution forbade it to undertake "any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character".
"Therefore, if or when any such requests were to be sent to the overall Secretariat ... Interpol wouldn't consider requests of this nature."
The US's Iran envoy Brian Hook described the move as a "propaganda stunt".
"Our assessment is that Interpol doesn't intervene and issue Red Notices that are supported a political nature," Hook said at a press conference in Saudi Arabia.
"This may be a political nature. This has nothing to try to to with national security, international peace, or promoting stability... it's a propaganda stunt that no-one takes seriously," he said.
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Red notice request
Alqasimehr was also quoted as saying Iran had requested a "red notice" be put out for Trump and therefore the others, the highest-level notice issued by Interpol, requesting that seeks the situation and arrest of the individual named.
Under an International Wanted Notice, local authorities make the arrests on behalf of the country that requested it. The notices
cannot force countries to arrest or extradite suspects, but can put government leaders on the spot and limit suspects' travel.
After receiving an invitation, Interpol meets by the committee and discusses whether or to not share the knowledge with its member states. Interpol has no requirement for creating any of the notices public, though some do get published on its website.
The US killed General Soleimani, who oversaw the Revolutionary Guard Corps's expeditionary Quds Force, et al. within the January attack near Baghdad International Airport.
The assassination came after months of incidents raising tensions between the 2 countries and ultimately saw Iran retaliate with a missile strike targeting American troops in Iraq.
Us killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, with a drone strike in Iraq on January 3.
Washington accused Soleimani of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on US forces within the region.
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