Iran has issued arrest warrants for 36 US and other officials - including US President Donald Trump - amid the assassination of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, Fars reported referring to Prosecutor General of Tehran Ali Alghasi-Mehr.

According to him, these persons were accused of murders and terrorist acts.

He noted that the list is headed by US President Donald Trump, who will be prosecuted as soon as he leaves his post after his term has expired.

Lieutenant-General Soleimani was killed by an American drone strike near Baghdad's international airport in Iraq on January 3.