Iran holds America’ s top brass responsible for terrorism
Iran has sanctioned 51 Americans, including some of the US’ top military officials, that it blames for the killing of Qassem Soleimani two years ago. The sanctions come amid simmering nuclear tension between Tehran and the West.
The sanctions were announced by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, less than a week after the second anniversary of the killing of General Soleimani, the prominent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander killed by the US in a drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq.
“The individuals on the list of sanctions participated in the decision-making, planning, organisation, financing, and support, as well as in the leadership or implementation of the terrorist act against Soleimani and his companions,” the ministry said.
First on the list of sanctioned military officials is General Mark Milley, commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Central Command commander Kenneth McKenzie, former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, and Robert Greenway, a National Security Council official responsible for the Trump administration’s sanctions policy on Iran, were also named.
#Iran Foreign Ministry updates its Counter-terrorism Designations by adding more American individuals to its sanctions list, over their “participation in decision-making, organizing, financing, & carrying out the terrorist act against General Soleimani & his companions”. pic.twitter.com/OLVpX8jWTk
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