TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranians and many freedom-loving people in the world in recent days have commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of General Qasem Soleimani and his comrades in style through holding ceremonies and rallies to show the world how much he was popular among the people due to his services for safeguarding peace and security in the region and even in the world.

Martyr Soleimani was a true hero and it was natural that his martyrdom anniversary is held in style by his lovers worldwide and especially in Iran and Iraq which owe their current peace to the braveries of Martyr Soleimani and his comrades.

General Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), were martyred along with their companions in a U.S. drone strike authorized by former president Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.

In recent days several ceremonies and rallies were held in Iraq and Iran and in all of them participants have called for taking revenge on the culprits of this inhuman assassination.

Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of top Iranian anti-terror commander General Soleimani was one of the participants in the ceremonies where she renewed her pledge to avenge her father’s assassination.

“My father loved the Iraqi people from the bottom of his heart… He would ponder a lot about a strong Iraq,” Zeinab said during a vigil at the Baghdad airport on Sunday night, on the eve of the second martyrdom anniversary of two anti-terror commanders.

Tonight, she said, “We vow to move closer, hand in hand and step by step, to the horizon of exacting ‘harsh revenge’ on enemies whose hands are stained with their blood.”

Zeinab also stressed that “the tears of sorrow … would soon turn into joyous tears of victory when dear Iraq and all the countries in the region are purged of the filth of the presence of American invaders.”

Addressing the Americans, Zeinab made clear that “we will not forget this blood.”

At the same time, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations urged the UN Security Council to hold the United States and the Israeli regime responsible for the assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander General Soleimani.

“Given the dire implications of this terrorist act on international peace and security, the Security Council must live up to its Charter-based responsibilities and hold the United States and the Israeli regime to account for planning, supporting, and committing the terrorist act,” Majid Takht-Ravanchi wrote in a letter addressed to the rotating president of the UN Security Council Mona Juul.

Of course one cannot expect the UN to issue any resolution or condemnation on assassination of the top general because it follows what the world arrogance wishes, and legal actions over assassination of General Soleimani seem to be in vain and it needs a true response from Iranians and Iraqis to the culprits of this crime and as time passes by, people in these two countries and even in other countries are getting more determined to have a proper response to this state terrorism which led to missing one of the greatest hero of all times and hero of hearts.

The West and especially the U.S. should know this point that Martyr Soleimani will continue to inspire people to resist injustice and oppression long after his cowardly U.S.-ordered assassination and his path will be followed by those who fight for freedom and restoring peace in the region.

General Soleimani’s martyrdom has galvanized not only the Iranian nation, but also the forces of resistance to Zionism and imperialism throughout the region and beyond and his killers were apparently too arrogantly stupid to realize that they were creating a martyr who would create even more problems for them dead than alive.

The real revenge for this cowardly and dastardly crime will be the complete expulsion of the Anglo-Zionist empire from the region, which may very precipitate its final downfall and in due time the killers will also be punished.

Although legal actions seem to be in vain, Iranian and Iraqi officials continue, and should continue, their efforts in a way to convince the global arrogance that they cannot evade the punishment and the era of hit-and-run has passed and in case they hit, they should wait for proper response in due time, although it may be late but it will be inevitable.