Iran blacklists 51 Americans over 2020 army assassination
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday listed a total of 51 Americans on a blacklist for involvement in the assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last year. 2020. This is according to the release by the Chinese newspaper CGTN on Sunday, January 9, 2022.
Iran's foreign ministry says the new blacklist, which includes US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, is consistent. According to the implementation of Iranian law on the fight against human rights abuses, as well as US threats and reckless actions in the region.
A year ago, Tehran also announced sanctions against former US President Donald Trump and former US Secretary of State May Pompeo, along with several other senior US officials, over the assassination of Soleimani.
Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Special Forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed on January 3, 2020 in a drone strike in Iraq. Made under the command of Donald Trump, then President of the United States.
