Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, the Iranian citizen who allegedly provided key details to the U.S. prior to the drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani earlier this year, will be executed, the country’s judiciary said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Soleimani was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force and a source of national pride. Soleimani was killed at the Baghdad International Airport and was reportedly identified by a ring he wore. Esmaili did not say when Majd would be executed, other than that it would be “soon.” He also stopped short of directly linking the information allegedly offered by Majd to Soleimani's death. GET THE FOX NEWS APPIran later retaliated for Soleimani's killing with a ballistic missile strike targeting U.S. forces in Iraq.

Source: Fox News June 09, 2020 08:48 UTC