Iran Lodges Complaint With Interpol Over U.S. ‘Assassination Threats’

CNS Reports: The Iranian government has lodged a complaint with  Interpol regarding comments made during U.S. congressional hearings last  October, including calls to assassinate top figures in Tehran’s  terror-sponsoring security apparatus.

Iran’s national prosecutor general, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, in a  letter to Interpol on Monday called for “legal action” against two  Americans, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Mohseni-Ejei told Iran’s Press TV that the judiciary had opened a  case and was “providing more documents to the Interpol, so that the two  Americans, who have threatened the Iranian commander with assassination,  would be prosecuted.”

Interpol does not “prosecute” criminal suspects but it is empowered  to issue “red notices” – equivalent to placing a suspect on a  most-wanted list – at the request of member states or international  organizations.

The two Americans in Iran’s sights are former U.S. Army Vice Chief of  Staff Gen. Jack Keane and Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior  Fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA operative.