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Written Question
Qassem Soleimani
Monday 13th January 2020

Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether the government of the United States' drone strike on 3 January constituted defensive action under international law.

Answered by Baroness Goldie

Article 51 of the UN Charter recognises that all States have an inherent right of self-defence. It is for the United States to say how the criteria for self-defence are met. The Government of the United States has now set out its case for self-defence in a letter to the UN Security Council dated 8 January.

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Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South) - @StewartMcDonald
4 Jan 2020, 8:25 a.m.

Qassem Soleimani Is Dead. Why Now? And What Now? - The Atlantic https://t.co/DbvGH3zBLT

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Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak) - @steve_mccabe
Shadow Minister (Defence)
3 Jan 2020, 1:25 p.m.

I understand fears about erratic Trump foreign policy but wonder what would have happened if assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 had been met with same hand wringing as elimination of Iranian butcher & war monger Qassem Soleimani

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Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North) - @wesstreeting
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
3 Jan 2020, 11:20 a.m.

No one should mourn Qassem Soleimani, a man whose hands were soaked in blood. But this targeted assassination by the USA against a state actor risks escalating the conflict with Iran - apparently without thinking through the regional and global consequences. It is reckless.

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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Nov. 21 2019

Source Page: List of designated persons, terrorism and terrorist financing
Document: List of designated persons, terrorism and terrorist financing (PDF)

Found: SOLEIMANI, Qasem Title: Major General DOB: 11/03/1957.

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Jan. 04 2018

Source Page: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 (‘TAFA 2010’)
Document: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 (‘TAFA 2010’) (PDF)

Found: Qasem SOLEIMANI* ENTITIES 1. BASQUE FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY (ETA) 2.

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Jan. 04 2018

Source Page: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017 (‘TAFA 2010’)
Document: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017 (‘TAFA 2010’) (PDF)

Found: Qasem SOLEIMANI* ENTITIES 1. BASQUE FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY (ETA) 2.

Select Committee
Gary Kent
 KUR0018 - Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry

Written Evidence Dec. 06 2017

Inquiry: Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: An Iraqi official told a recent Conservative gathering that it was true that Major General Qassem

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Sep. 06 2017

Source Page: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 ('TAFA 2010')
Document: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 ('TAFA 2010') (PDF)

Found: Qasem SOLEIMANI * ENTITIES 1. BASQUE FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY (ETA) 2.

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Mar. 28 2017

Source Page: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 April 2016 to 30 June 2016 ('TAFA 2010')
Document: Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 April 2016 to 30 June 2016 ('TAFA 2010') (PDF)

Found: Qasem SOLEIMANI 16. A (restricted designation) ENTITIES 1.