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A CHILLING threat to fly a plane into the US Capitol as Congress meets to confirm Joe Biden as the next president was revealed on Tuesday.
Multiple air traffic controllers in New York received the terror message on restricted channels on Monday, which said: We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged.
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The voice stated that Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani will be avenged Credit: Getty - Contributor
The digitized voice recording, obtained by CBS News on Tuesday, references Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US drone attack ordered by President Donald Trump last year.
It's been a year since senior Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US-directed drone attack while visiting Baghdad. Hundreds of mourners have gathered in the Iraqi capital, ahead of a protest.
Authorities in Iran have condemned the United States of America over what it described as its “military adventurism” in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and |
Iran has accused a British firm and an airbase in Germany of having a hand in the assassination of Qassem Soleimani almost one year after the top general was assassinated by the United States in Iraq.
The allegations were made on Thursday by Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr, who said that London-based security services company G4S played a role in the killing of Soleimani.
Alqasimehr allegations which were made without providing any evidence comes amid rising tensions as Iran’s Foreign Minister accuses outgoing President Donald Trump of aiming to fabricate ‘pretext for war’.
“Agents of this company handed the information of general Soleimani and his fellow fighters to the terrorists as soon as they entered the airport,” Alqasimehr said in reference to Baghdad International Airport, according to Mizan, the official news website of the judiciary.
December 31, 2020 at 11:57 am | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News
People gather to protest the US air strike in Iraq that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani on 6 January, 2020 [Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency] December 31, 2020 at 11:57 am
Iranian Prosecutor Ali Al-Qasi Mehr has accused the British company G4S of providing the US armed forces in Iraq with the arrival details of the aircraft in which General Qasem Soleimani was travelling prior to his assassination by an American drone. G4S is responsible for aviation security at Baghdad International Airport, where the attack which killed Soleimani took place.
The public prosecutor made the allegation on Wednesday during a legal and judicial follow-up session covering the assassination of Soleimani and his delegation. Also taking part were the Chief Justice of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and officials of the judicial, military, security, intelligence and political authorities.