{"id":1183030,"date":"2022-01-03T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183030"},"modified":"2022-01-03T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:49:36","slug":"iranian-terrorists-demand-attack-on-u-s-to-mark-2nd-anniversary-of-soleimani-drone-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-terrorists-demand-attack-on-u-s-to-mark-2nd-anniversary-of-soleimani-drone-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Terrorists Demand Attack on U.S. to Mark 2nd Anniversary of Soleimani Drone Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-terrorists-demand-attack-on-u-s-to-mark-2nd-anniversary-of-soleimani-drone-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">\u201cStudents\u201d belonging to a paramilitary wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, published a letter this weekend lamenting that Iran had not issued a \u201cproportionate\u201d response to the elimination of top terrorist Qasem Soleimani two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC is an official wing of the Iranian military. Soleimani, a major general, was the head of the Quds Force, a wing of the IRGC dedicated to international terrorism. American officials had significant evidence indicating that Soleimani was the mastermind of using roadside bombs in Iraq to target American soldiers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/01\/02\/qassem-soleimani-killed-hundreds-of-americans-before-trump-ordered-his-assassination\/\">killing<\/a> hundreds and potentially injuring thousands, and was largely in charge of Iran\u2019s foreign policy. In a private conversation leaked last year, former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/04\/26\/irans-top-diplomat-complains-about-russia-qasem-soleimani-leaked-remarks\/\">complained<\/a> that Soleimani regularly intervened in his work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, ordered by then-President Donald Trump took Soleimani out on January 3, 2020. Also targeted in the strike was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the Iraqi terrorist militia the Hezbollah Brigades (<em>Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah<\/em>), who Soleimani was in town to meet. The Hezbollah Brigades are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Iran-backed militias that operate in Iraq and were legalized as a wing of the Iraqi armed forces during the fight against the Islamic State, despite their terrorist nature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by U.S. forces at the direction of President Donald Trump on Thursday evening, was sanctioned by the Obama administration in 2011 for his role in a foiled terror attack on Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y6O2VzNuxm\">https:\/\/t.co\/y6O2VzNuxm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1212956902948249607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported on Monday that the Basij, a wing of the IRGC made up of so-called \u201cstudents,\u201d published a letter on Soleimani\u2019s death anniversary demanding that the Iranian Supreme National Security Council explain why it had yet to issue a \u201cproportionate\u201d response to America, presumably the execution of an American general or admiral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTwo years has passed since the martyrdom of the great commander of IRGC \u2026 and sadly a proportionate response has not been given to this hostile crime,\u201d the letter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudaw.net\/english\/middleeast\/iran\/03012022\">addressed<\/a> to Supreme National Security Council head&nbsp;Ali Shamkhani, read, according to Rudaw. \u201cA question being asked again and again by our people is that in retaliation to this inhuman, evil, thuggish crime, why no proportionate response has been given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the second anniversary \u2026 we call on you as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council to attend the Basiji students gathering and explain at what stage the \u2018severe revenge\u2019 dossier is, who is executing it, and why people are not informed about the details?&#8217;\u201d the letter requested.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19338770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1230484599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19338770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1230484599-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Iraqi youths watch an event celebrating the inauguration of a street named after the late Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the southern city of Basra on January 8, 2021, more than a year after a U.S. drone strike killed Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant Muhandis (image) near the capital. (HUSSEIN FALEH\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei honored Soleimani with remarks on Saturday during a meeting with Soleimani\u2019s family, claiming President Joe Biden\u2019s extension and abrupt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/16\/biden-withdrawal-afghanistan-troops\/\">withdrawal<\/a> from Afghanistan as a victory for Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\u201cThe enemies thought that with the martyrdom of Soleimani, Abu Mahdi and his other companions, the work&nbsp;would be over,\u201d Khamenei, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farsnews.ir\/en\/news\/14001011000569\/Spreme-Leader-General-Sleimani-Symbl-f-Hpe-Crage\">said<\/a>, according to Iran\u2019s Fars News Agency, \u201cbut today, thanks to that dear blood wrongly spilled, the United States has fled Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\u201cToday, Soleimani is a symbol of hope, self-confidence, courage and the secret of endurance and victory in our region, and as some have rightly said, Martyr Soleimani is more dangerous to his enemies than Commander Soleimani,\u201d Khamenei claimed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A U.N. official claims the killing of Iranian terrorist mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani was a violation of international law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qs0zBLSEQv\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qs0zBLSEQv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1213613605654081538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Iran, especially Soleimani personally, played no significant part in the Afghan War. Iran, a Shiite Islamist theocracy, has maintained traditionally tense relations with the Taliban, now a Sunni Islamist theocracy, and the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/taliban-iran-say-misunderstanding-sparked-brief-border-clashes\/6335689.html\">engaged<\/a> in a violent scuffle on the Iranian-Afghan border as recently as a month ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Khamenei declared Soleimani \u201cthe most popular figure in the Islamic world,\u201d a questionable claim given the outbreak of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/01\/03\/mike-pompeo-highlights-iraqis-celebrating-death-of-qassem-soleimani\/\">celebrations<\/a> in response to his assassination in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian government has failed to significantly retaliate in response to Soleimani\u2019s removal from the battlefield; its most significant act in the aftermath of the drone strike was shooting down a Ukrainian International Airlines (UIA) commercial airliner, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2020\/01\/10\/iran-obvious-iranian-missile-did-not-down-ukrainian-airliner\/\">lying<\/a> about it. Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/new-deadline-set-for-iran-reparations-for-downed-ukraine-flight\/\">yet to pay<\/a> the families of the civilians killed redress in any way.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the United Nations Security Council published today, the Iranian regime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2022\/01\/03\/673958\/Iran-urges-UNSC-hold-US-Israel-account-over-Gen-Soleimani-assassination\">attempted<\/a> to sway the institution to attack the United States for \u201ccommitting the terrorist act.\u201d America is a permanent member of the Council. The letter also demanded punishment for Israel, which is not publicly believed to have had anything to do with the Soleimani strike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In Iraq, the PMF held a large candlelight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2022\/01\/03\/673947\/Baghdad-candle-vigil-honors-Iran-s-general,-Iraqi-deputy\">vigil<\/a> for Soleimani and its member al-Muhandis this weekend, flooding Baghdad with images of the Iranian terrorist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pix from Baghdad streets today\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A symbolic funeral for Qassem Soleimani &amp; Abu Mahdi Muhandis was held by groups close to Iran especially Kataib Hezbullah &amp; Nujaba. <br \/>Khamenei\u2019s posters &amp; the flag of the Islamic republic of Iran can be seen in the pix <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zICqOzulIC\">pic.twitter.com\/zICqOzulIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nafisehkBBC\/status\/1477987804718190592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The occasion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/01\/04\/iran-backed-militias-hold-superspreader-event-in-baghdad-for-dead-terrorist-qasem-soleimani\/\">resembled<\/a>, but was reportedly smaller than, the large funeral anniversary event held in January 2021, at the height of the spread of Chinese coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/israel-iran-hackers-nuclear-soleimani\/31637071.html\">indicated<\/a> on Monday that an attempted armed drone attack on Americans failed in Iraq. Two drones reportedly attempted to attack Baghdad\u2019s international airport, targeting a facility currently home to some American forces. Authorities told the Associated Press that the weapons used appeared to be \u201csuicide drones\u201d and that they failed to cause any damage before being taken down.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641295505534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Uyg73ZRGh9lM1oMtmj6cK\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641295505534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2AloJEQsvPYSaSFy2jPqBH\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStudents\u201d belonging to a paramilitary wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, published a letter this weekend lamenting that Iran had not issued a \u201cproportionate\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}