The Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, announced the establishment of a special court for the first time in both Iran and Iraq to investigate the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, Popular Mobilization Forces deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and their companions.
According to the Iranian news agency "Fars," Masjedi stated, "It cannot be expected that international courts will take effective actions in the case of the assassination of Soleimani and al-Muhandis," adding that "the primary suspects in this case are Trump and American leaders, and internationalizing the case means that the file should be presented to them, which is not appropriate because they are under the influence of the Americans, and this process can never be fruitful."
It is worth noting that on January 2, explosions were heard near Baghdad International Airport, and intensive flights were observed in the area. Later, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirmed the reports of Qassem Soleimani's death in Baghdad, followed by a statement from the U.S. Department of Defense confirming that "the military, based on the president's directives, targeted Soleimani as a decisive defensive action to protect American personnel abroad." Meanwhile, Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur at the time, described the assassination as an illegal act and a violation of international human rights law, stating, "The United States needs to prove that the targeted individuals posed an imminent threat to others."
