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‘Severe revenge’: Top Iranian official warns Soleimani killers ‘will not be safe on Earth’

By Zach Halaschak
Published January 2, 2021 3:49pm ET
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‘Severe revenge’: Top Iranian official warns Soleimani killers ‘will not be safe on Earth’
FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran. A U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport on Friday Jan. 3, 2020 killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force. Soleimani was considered the architect of Iran's policy in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) | (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

The head of Iran’s judiciary menaced that those who killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani would “not be safe on Earth” as the anniversary of his death approaches.

Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi spoke at a Friday event in Tehran honoring Soleimani and said even President Trump, who ordered the Jan. 3 drone strike, was not “immune from justice,” according to the Times of Israel.

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