Permanent record
U.S. strike killed Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad
- Event date
- Category
- Elections, January 6, and institutional conduct
- Posture:
- Use of force and attributed legal assessment
A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. A United Nations special rapporteur later assessed the strike as unlawful; that conclusion was an attributed legal assessment rather than a court judgment.
Evidence basis
primary-plus-independent
Dated sources
- — Defense Department strike announcement (Official military announcement)
- — www.jurist.org (Independent reporting)
- — www.afjag.af.mil (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — scholarlycommons.law.case.edu (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
Correction status
No substantive correction recorded for this version.
Canonical citation
U.S. strike killed Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2020-01-03-soleimani-strike/
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