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Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump and requests Interpol's help
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Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump and requests Interpol's help

Iran has put out an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump following the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, state news agency FARS reported.

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Iran has put out an arrest warrant and requested a red notice be published by Interpol for President Donald Trump following the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani in January, Iranian state news agency FARS reported Monday.

Ali Alghasi Mehr, the prosecutor general of Tehran, said arrest warrants had been ordered for 36 people who were involved or cooperated in the “terror” of Soleimani including U.S. military and political officials, the news agency reported.

A judicial official has also "declared a red notice on Interpol," Mehr added, according to FARS.

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The State Department and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.