A US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others. Washington said the strike was defensive. In a 2020 report, the UN Special Rapporteur said the United States had not provided sufficient evidence of an imminent threat and found the strike violated the UN Charter; this was an expert mandate-holder’s assessment.
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Who was killed alongside Qassem Soleimani in the January 2020 strike?
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The strike also killed the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy commander and others.
The UN Special Rapporteur’s assessment of the Soleimani strike was an expert report, not a court judgment.
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The mandate-holder issued a legal assessment; it was not a binding judicial ruling.