Iranian Court Orders US to Pay $50B for Soleimani Assassination

A Tehran court has ordered the U.S. government to pay nearly $50 billion in damages for assassinating a top Iranian general nearly four years ago, the judiciary said Wednesday.  Then-U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport that killed General Qassem Soleimani, 62, and his Iraqi lieutenant, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, on January 3, 2020.  Days later, Iran retaliated by firing missiles at bases in Iraq housing American and other coalition troops. No U.S.