Iran has a 'shockingly strong' war-crimes case against Trump over Soleimani's killing — and it could win
Donald Trump,Qasem Soleimani,War Crimes,Iran,Iraq,Middle East
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Iran will pursue war-crimes charges against President Donald Trump at the International Criminal Court in the Hague over the January 3 assassination of its top commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, outside Baghdad's international airport, according to Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, the spokesman for Iran's top judicial authorities.
"We intend to file lawsuits in the Islamic Republic, Iraq and The Hague Court [International Court of Justice] against the military and government of America and against Trump," Esmaeili said at a Tuesday press conference.
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