American polymath Noam Chomsky said the assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani has shown that the US is a "rogue state" that has no regard for international law.

�The murder of Soleimnai� is an extraordinarily dangerous act. Nothing like that happened during the Second World War or during the Cold War,� Chomsky said in an interview on Wednesday.

�It�s as if Iran had decided to murder (US Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo and a major general along with him at Mexico City International Airport. We take that pretty serious and that is what the murder of Soleimani was,� he added.

�Incidentally, it is praised here which is pretty astonishing; it shows how extreme the internal assumption is, that the United States is a rouge state, which has nothing to do with international law or obligations,� Chomsky said.

The American professor further highlighted the US� withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying Trump�s actions on Iran increases Washington-Tehran tensions.

The pullout, he said, was a �violation of international law� as the agreement was authorized by the United Nations Security Council, he added, referring to UNSC Resolution 2231, Press TV reported.

US President Donald Trump ordered a fatal drone strike on General Soleimani�s vehicle upon his arrival in Baghdad International Airport on January 3 at the invitation of the Iraqi government.

The attack also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq�s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), as well as eight other Iranian and Iraqi people.

The two commanders were highly popular because of the key role they played in eliminating the US-sponsored Daesh terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.

 

Source: Tasnim