Calling the simultaneous Martyrdom of Lt. Gen. Soleimani and his companions including PMU’s Chief Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis a disastrous incident, Raeisi said "this is a crime in against with all the international treaties and regulations and Iranian and Iraqi nations demand punishment of those who committed it."
Referring to the Friday rallies in Iraq, the Iranian official added, "this act of the US is with no doubt a violation to the international laws and American officials' justifications for assassination of the two commanders are not even accepted by the American society."
He reiterated that it is a must for Iranian and Iraqi Judiciary systems to sue the US legally at international courts.
The Iraqi official, for his part, referred to the anti-terrorism and anti-ISIL role of Martyr Soleimani and his comrade al-Muhandis, saying "Lt. G