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2022-01-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Vows Revenge unless Trump Tried for Soleimani Killing
[An Nahar] Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi vowed Dire Revenge against Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
if the former U.S. president is not tried over the killing of Qassem Soleimani
, as Tehran marked two years since the commander's death."The aggressor and the main assassin, the then president of the United States, must face justice and retribution," Raisi said.

"It would be ok if the trial of Mr. Trump, (former secretary of State Mike) Pompeo and other criminals was held in a fair court where their horrible crimes were addressed and they faced justice for their actions," he added.

"Otherwise, I will tell all US leaders that without a doubt the hand of Dire Revenge will emerge from the sleeve of the Moslem nation."

Raisi was addressing thousands at Tehran's biggest prayer hall, at Iran's main event to mark Soleimani's death anniversary during a week of commemorations.

Participants held national flags and portraits of the slain commander, state TV showed.

Raisi called Soleimani a symbol of the Iranian revolution and of "bravery and rationality."

Soleimani, former commander of the Quds' force, the foreign operations' arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed along with his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in a US dronezap near Bagdad's airport on January 3, 2020.

Five days later, Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
retaliated by firing missiles at a U.S. airbase in Ain al-Assad housing American troops in Iraq, and another near Arbil in the north.

No U.S. troops were killed in those strikes but Washington said dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries from the blasts.

Trump said at the time he had ordered the dronezap in response to a number of attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq, and with more expected.

Iran's foreign ministry said in a Twitter post on Friday that "the current U.S. government bears definitive international responsibility for this crime."



Posted by Fred 2022-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 I'm sure the Dems (Schiff, Pelosi, Schumer, et al) would go for it, but realize it would set a bad precedent
Posted by Frank G 2022-01-04 08:38||   2022-01-04 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Can we get them to go after Biden?
Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-04 11:05||   2022-01-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I heard John Kerry ratted Soleimani out.
Posted by Airandee 2022-01-04 12:41||   2022-01-04 12:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Who's up for a round of Whack-a-mole?
Posted by Winky Jones8499 2022-01-04 17:17||   2022-01-04 17:17|| Front Page Top

#5 I love how Trump can shake things up and gets under people's skin
Posted by Boss Crins3505 2022-01-04 18:20||   2022-01-04 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 "Beware the Iranian's sleeve,
Unbeliever! Don't make him retrieve
His Islamical bomb!"
- Thieving skeevy imam
"Me, I'm leaving for gay Tel Aviv."
Posted by Grusolet Peacock5728 2022-01-04 23:36||   2022-01-04 23:36|| Front Page Top

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