The January U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday. Named on that list was General Soleimani and Abdul Reza Shahlai, an Iranian commander in Yemen who helped finance armed groups in the region. Trump ultimately provided the authorization to take out Soleimani months before the attack was carried out, sources told various news organizations. 'Major General Soleimani was in charge of Iran military strategy, and actions, in Syria and Iraq. Hours later, Iranian forces on high alert mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner taking off from Tehran.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2020 06:17 UTC