BREAKING NEWS: Iran issues arrest warrant for President Trump over killing of General Qassem Soleimani

Iran news agency Fars News reports the country has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over the ‘illegal’ killing of top general Qassem Soleimani.

IRAN has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has even asked Interpol for help, Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday.

The United States killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, with a drone strike in Iraq on January 3 this year, Washington had accused Soleimani of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on US forces in the region.

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 the other individuals the Islamic Republic accuses of taking part in the killing of Soleimani.

Alqasimehr said the group included other US military and civilian officials but did not provide further details.