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Qasem Soleimani ( Persian: قاسم سلیمانی, romanized : Qâsem Soleymâni; 11 March 1957 [note 1] – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Jan 3, 2020 · Iran's most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of...
On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi .
Jan 3, 2020 · Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed by a US air strike at Baghdad airport on Friday, cut a highly controversial figure as Iran’s second most powerful man, after the Supreme Leader...
Jan 3, 2020 · General Suleimani, a powerful strategist who represented Iran’s influence across the region, was killed by an American drone at Baghdad’s airport, in an attack that had been authorized by President...
Jan 3, 2020 · Follow the latest updates on the US assassination of Iran's top general and the fallout in the Middle East. See how Iran vowed revenge, Trump defended the strike, and other countries reacted to the escalating crisis.
Jul 5, 2024 · Qassem Soleimani, Iranian major general and commander of the Quds Force (1997/98–2020), a wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for IRGC foreign operations. Under Soleimani’s leadership, the Quds Force became an elite military unit and the driving force behind Iran’s Axis of Resistance.
