09/07/2020 16:08
Qasem Soleimani: US strike on Iran general was unlawful, UN expert says
The US attack that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani violated international law, a UN expert says.
Soleimani died along with nine other people in a drone strike near Baghdad airport in Iraq in January.
A report by the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes Callamard, says the US had not provided sufficient evidence of an imminent threat to life to justify the attack.
The US state department accused her of "giving a pass to terrorists".
Last week, Iran issued arrest warrants for US President Donald Trump and 35 others on charges of murder and terrorism in connection with the killing.