Iran has blamed a British security firm and US airbase in Germany for thekilling of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of theRevolutionary Guards in Iraq.

According to details in a news conference, Tehran Prosecutor AliAlexismehr, without providing evidence, claimed that G4S, a London-basedsecurity service company, played a role in the assassination of QassemSoleimani, along with Iraqi Commander Abu Mehdi Al-Mohandes.

According to the judiciary’s official news website Meezan, he quotedBaghdad International Airport as saying that agents of the company hadpassed on information about General Qassem Soleimani and his fellowfighters to terrorists as soon as they entered the airport.

The British company confirmed that he was in charge of the Iraqi CivilAviation Authority as an outsourced “multiple security services” at thetime of the assassination, but denied the Iranian prosecutor’s allegations.

A G4S spokesman said: “The allegations are baseless and speculative. TheG4S wants to make it clear that the company had absolutely no hand in theJanuary 3, 2020 attack on Qasim Soleimani and his associates.” ‘

The Tehran prosecutor also said that the US airbase in Germany “providedinformation on the direction of the drone for the attack and handed overthe data of the drones to the US forces”.

Earlier, Iranian officials said the United States had used Rammstein AirBase in southwestern Germany to assassinate Qasim Soleimani.

It should be noted that this base serves as the headquarters of the US AirForce in Europe in addition to the NATO Allied Air Command and has beenworking as a control centre for US drone operations in West Asia for sometime.

Tehran’s prosecutor said Iran would continue to pursue those who orderedand attacked Qasim Soleimani.

He named 45 Americans involved in the operation and said he would use alllegal means, including Interpol, to arrest them.