A NATO official says Iran has a “shockingly strong” chance of winning a war crimes case against Donald Trump for the death of General Qassem Soleimani.

Soleimani was killed by an airstrike outside Baghadad International airport on January 3 – an act that the country vowed to get "political, military and legal" revenge for.

But Gholam Hossein Ismali, the spokesman for Iran's top judicial authorities, confirmed this week how the Pariah state will be pursuing charges of war crimes at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Ismali said at a Tuesday press conference: "We intend to file lawsuits in the Islamic Republic, Iraq and The Hague Court [International Court of Justice] against the military and government of America and against Trump.

"There is no doubt that the US military has done a terrorist act assassinating Guards Commander Lt. Gen. Soleimani and Second-in-Command of Iraq Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis … and Trump has confessed doing the crime."

But an official NATO attache based in Iran, who wished not to be named, said a potential court case could cause a problem for the US and its partners.

Speaking to Business Insider, the source said: "Keeping distance between the Americans and Europe is most of Iran's broader plan right now.

"If this case happens — I suspect there are some reasons Iran might not want to take this mess to an international court for their own reasons — but if it does go forward, the case against the Americans is shockingly strong.

"On the face of it, the killing of Soleimani for reasons specifically cited by Trump is probably illegal. Do the Americans have a stronger case then they're showing us?

"I would assume so, but there's little chance of them participating in a Hague trial, so all the evidence will be what Iran delivers along with public statements."

Although Iran has not formally started legal proceedings against the Trump administration, a legal expert also warned how Iran had a strong chance of winning the case against the US.

Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, tweeted: "The targeted killings of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al Muhandi most likely violate international law [including] human rights law.

"Lawful justifications for such killings are very narrowly defined and it is hard to imagine how any of these can apply to these killings.

Millions lined the streets for Soleimani's three-day funeral – and more than 50 mourners were crushed to death in a stampede. 

But his death also sparked anti-regime protests that prompted the unlawful arrest of Britain's ambassador in Tehran. 

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It emerged yesterday Israeli spies gave the US details of Soleimani's flight to Baghdad after he met Hezbollah terror leaders in Beirut. 

Today Canadian PM Justin Trudeau hinted he blamed Donald Trump for the shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines jet with 176 on board – including 63 of his country's citizens. 

He said: "If there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families." 

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