Iran urges prosecution of 2 U.S. officials

PanARMENIAN.Net - In a letter on Monday, Dec 12 Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei called on the Interpol to prosecute American officials over provoking U.S. lawmakers to approve the targeted killing of Iranian authorities in a special committee meeting.

“Iran's Prosecutor General Office and the judiciary have opened a case for the two American nationals. The judge has asked Interpol to follow the case. We are providing more documents to the Interpol, so that the two Americans, who have threatened the Iranian commander with assassination, would be prosecuted,” Mohseni-Ejei told Press TV.

In October, a number of hard-line American officials urged the U.S. administration to launch covert action against Iran or even "kill" some Iranian officials.

"I'm saying we put our hand around their throat right now in every interest they have," retired US Army General Jack Keane told a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee.

Senior advisor to Congress Reuel Marc Gerecht also said "I don't think that you are going to really intimidate these people, get their attention, unless you shoot somebody."

The two US officials also called for the assassination of senior IRGC commanders including Qasem Soleimani.

Following the provocative remarks by Keane and Gerecht, three US officials in a November 22 letter reiterated that the U.S. should damage Iran's infrastructure and top officials by increasing covert operations, PressTV reported.