Soleimani entered Gaza to repel Israeli attacks, blockade

The US regime assassinated Iranian top military commander, Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, on January 3, 2020, in violation of all the international norms and regulations.

Nearly one year on, Mehr News Agency has reached out to the head of Canadian Defenders for Human Rights Firas Al Najim to further discuss the role of Martyr Soleimani in West Asia.

"Soleimani entered Gaza several times and helped to build the underground tunnels that assisted the resistance to respond strongly to the Israeli aggression," Al Najim said.

Here is the full text of the interview:

How do you assess the US act based on international law?

The US regime and specifically the Trump administration breached international law without any remorse or regret by killing General Ghasem Soleimani who was invited to Iraq through legal Iraqi channels. Governments of Iraq and Iran had mutual security agreements and this was fully violated by the US attack targeting the agreement and also killing one of the most important Iraqi generals in the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who had led the battle against the terrorist organization ISIL, aka Daesh.

Muhandis was also part of the democratic political system in Iraq and the PMU was also voted in by the majority of parliament to be included as a wing of the Iraqi armed forces. Also, it’s important to mention that the US pulled out of the UN human rights commission and at a certain point the warmongering John Bolton threatened the ICC international criminal court with sanctions if they were investigated for war crimes in Afghanistan or elsewhere. This is the type of lawless and careless American system we are dealing with.