Iran's Foreign Ministry calls avenging Soleimani 'basic' foreign policy principle
As nuclear talks remain stalled, a spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry doubled down on threats to avenge the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
Iran said Monday that seeking revenge for the United States’ killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani is a “basic and definite principle” of the country’s foreign policy.
“It is a definite principle in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran that [those involved in Soleimani's killing] must be brought to justice,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday, according to Al Arabiya.
“The basic principle in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran was formed after the cowardly assassination," he said. "The action taken by the perpetrators and advisers of this cowardly act will not go unpunished.”
In January 2020, a US drone strike in Baghdad killed Soleimani, who led the IRGC’s powerful overseas wing known as the Quds Force. Last week, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said even the killing of all American leaders wouldn’t go far enough to avenge his death.
