Iran promises vengeance for Soleimani killing if Trump doesn't face trial
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Trump and and Mike Pompeo must be 'tried in a fair court' or 'Muslims will take our martyr's revenge'.
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Ebrahim Raisi made his remark in a televised speech [Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty]
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi vowed revenge for the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani two years ago unless former US President Donald Trump is put on trial.
"If Trump and [former Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo are not tried in a fair court for the criminal act of assassinating General Soleimani, Muslims will take our martyr's revenge," Raisi said in a televised speech on Monday.
Soleimani was killed in Iraq in a drone strike ordered by then-president Trump.
(Reuters)
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