'Iran diplomatic apparatus won’t rest until Gen. Soleimani assassins brought to justice'

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran’s diplomatic apparatus will not rest until those responsible for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are brought to justice.

The official made the remarks to Lebanon’s al-Ahed news website on Sunday that marked the first martyrdom anniversary of the senior Iranian anti-terror commander.

“Following up the issue of General Soleimani’s assassination is among the Foreign Ministry’s priorities. The diplomatic apparatus will keep up its efforts until it hands over those -- who ordered, plotted, and perpetrated this atrocity -- to justice,” he noted.

The Americans “committed a great act of folly” by resorting to the assassination, and they are “the main losers,” Khatibzadeh said.

The official noted that the trend of US expulsion from the region has expedited since the assassination and Washington’s dream of disintegrating the regional resistance front has failed to materialize.

“The United States thinks it can influence the public opinion by assassinating people, but the history has proven this policy to be futile,” Khatibzadeh said.

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