The Basis of Criminal Responsibility for Martyr Soleimani as a Symbol of the Axis of Resistance from the Perspective of International Law

The concept of "resistance" has been one of the main concepts of the foreign policy discourse of the Islamic Republic in the era after the victory of the Islamic Revolution; This concept refers to the negation of any order based on the dominance of Western and Eastern powers and the rejection of regional and international arrangements affected by the dominance system on the one hand and the attempt to redefine the regional and international status of nations and societies that are Dominion has been oppressed. For this reason, the axis of resistance, which is derived from Iran's military-security, diplomatic and cultural efforts in the countries of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, has been one of the most important indicators of the country's foreign policy discourse in the last few years, especially in the fight against ISIS. Martyr Qassem Soleimani's managerial and security role as the most important commander of the resistance field made his position prominent in this discourse, and with his testimony, Iran's hostile approach towards the commanders and perpetrators of this terror was intensified. For this purpose, this article seeks to find the answer to this question, considering the position of Martyr Soleimani in the discourse of the axis of resistance, on what basis is his criminal pursuit in the international law system based? In response to this question, as a hypothesis, it should be said that the criminal prosecution of the perpetrators and commanders of Qassem Soleimani's martyrdom is based on the discourse of resistance and based on the approach of negating domination and weakening it in order to promote the discursive position of resistance. From this point of view, it should be said that the approach of this article was legal; Also, this article has been collected by descriptive and analytical method and its data is documented.