TABNAK, Jan 06: In a post on its X account on Monday, the embassy rejected Tugendhat’s claim that Trump’s decision to authorize the assassination of Soleimani triggered a chain of events that finally led to the overthrow of former Syrian president Basher al-Assad.
Tugendhat, a former UK security minister, also predicted that Iran would collapse in a few years.
“It’s absolutely unlawful and immoral to endorse arbitrary killing and assassination,” the embassy wrote.
It added that calling for war and aggression against a member state of the United Nations is “extremely reckless”.
“Only an ignorant and irresponsible person with a troubled background can be so low as to approve lawlessness, incite violence and suggest attacking another nation,” the Iranian embassy emphasized.
The British MP’s claim was made shortly before the fifth martyrdom anniversary of General Soleimani in Baghdad.
The United States assassinated General Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
Both commanders were admired by Muslim nations for eliminating the US-sponsored Daesh terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
The US assassination drew a wave of condemnations from officials and movements throughout the world and triggered huge public protests across the region, with Iraqi lawmakers approving a bill two days after the attack demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.
Addressing groups of people in Tehran on January 1 ahead of General Soleimani’s martyrdom anniversary, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei emphasized that the American bases in Syria would be trampled upon under the feet of Syrian youth.
“Syria belongs to the Syrian people, and those who invade Syrian territory will undoubtedly one day be forced to retreat in the face of the power of the valiant Syrian youth,” the Leader said.
