Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump
<p>Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over a drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad.</p>
<p>Trump and 35 others whom Iran accuses of being involved in the January 3 strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani face “murder and terrorism charges”, said Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr on Monday.</p>
<p>Alqasimehr said Iran would continue to pursue Trump’s prosecution even after he stands down presidency, <em>Reuters </em>reported.</p>
<p>Iran said it had also asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for these 36 people, which would have the international organisation locate and arrest the individuals named.</p>
<p>Interpol told <em><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/middleeast/iran-arrest-warrant-donald-trump-intl/index.html">CNN</a></em> it “would not consider requests of this nature” because it was not in accordance with its rules and constitution, which prohibits “any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character”.</p>
<p>US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook called Iran’s move a “political stunt”.</p>
<p>“This has nothing to do with national security, international peace or promoting stability, so we see it for what it is – it’s a propaganda stunt that no one takes seriously,” Hook said during a press conference with the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir on Monday.</p>
<p>The US killed Soleimani in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in January along with five others.</p>
<p>The assassination came after months of rising tensions between the US and Iran.</p>
<p>Iran retaliated with a ballistic missile strike at two military bases housing US troops in Iraq.</p>
