General Qasem Suleimani. Archive photo UN, 3 Jan. Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi calls on the UN Security Council to bring the United States and Israel to justice for the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, follows from Ravanchi's letter to the Security Council chairman. On the night of January 3, 2020, an Iranian general, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qasem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Iraqi Shiite militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, were killed in an operation conducted by the United States near Baghdad International Airport. In Washington, they are believed to be involved in organizing the attack on the American embassy in Baghdad on December 31, 2019. In response, Iran launched strikes on American bases in Iraq, including Ain al-Assad. According to Ravanchi, Suleimani played a significant role in the fight against international terrorism, so his assassination was a «great gift» for IS * and other terrorist groups recognized as such by the UN Security Council. «Given the dire consequences of this terrorist act for international peace and security, the Security Council must fulfill its statutory obligations and hold the United States and the Israeli regime accountable for planning, supporting and carrying out this terrorist attack.» According to the permanent representative, the Iranian armed forces are determined to continue the path of Soleimani, actively helping the countries and governments of the region in accordance with their requests «to fight with foreign-supported terrorist groups in the region until they are completely eradicated.» banned in Russia. 
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