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Qasem Soleimani

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Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی, romanized: Qâsem Soleymâni; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination by the United States in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations, and played a key role in the Syrian civil war through securing Russian intervention. He was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East" and a "genius of asymmetric warfare". Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani's strategies had "personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck". In his later years, he was considered by some analysts to be the right-hand man of the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, and the second-most powerful person in Iran behind Khamenei. For attacks orchestrated or attempted against Americans and other targets abroad, Soleimani was personally sanctioned by the United Nations and the European Union, and was designated as a terrorist by the United States in 2005. Soleimani was assassinated by a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iranian government officials publicly mourned Soleimani's death and launched missiles against U.S. military bases in Iraq, wounding 110 American troops. Iranian outlets subsequently represented Soleimani as a national hero.

Infobox

Native name
قاسم سلیمانی
Nicknames
mw- Haji Qassem (حاج قاسم) (Supporters) Shahid Al-Quds (شهید القدس)(Supporters) Qasem Cutlet (قاسم کتلت) (Opponents) The Shadow Commander (Western)
Born
(1957-03-11)11 March 1957[note 1]Qanat-e Malek, Kerman, Iran
Died
3 January 2020(2020-01-03) (aged 62)Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of death
Assassination by drone strike
Buried
Kerman Martyrs Cemetery, Kerman, Iran 30°17′31″N 57°07′44″E / 30.291984°N 57.128931°E / 30.291984; 57.128931
Branch
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service
1979–2020
Rank
Major GeneralLieutenant General[note 2]
Commands
41st Tharallah Division of Kerman Quds Force
Battles / wars
mw- See list li 1979 Kurdish Rebellion Iran–Iraq War Operation Tariq-ol-Qods (WIA) Operation Fath-ol-Mobin Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas Second Battle of Khorramshahr Operation Ramadan Operation Before the Dawn Operation Dawn Operation Dawn 3 Operation Dawn 4 Operation Dawn 5 Operation Dawn 6 Battle of the Marshes Operation Kheibar Operation Badr First Battle of al-Faw Operation Dawn 8 Operation Karbala 1 Operation Karbala 4 Operation Karbala 5 Operation Karbala 6 Operation Karbala 10 Operation Dawn 10 Second Battle of al-Faw Operation Mersad KDPI Insurgency South Lebanon conflict War in Afghanistan American invasion of Afghanistan 2001 Herat uprising 2006 Lebanon War Iran–Israel proxy conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Syrian Civil War Battle of al-Qusayr Southern Syria offensive Battle of Zabadani Northwestern Syria offensive Latakia offensive Kuweires offensive Battle of Aleppo Southern Aleppo offensive Special forces operation to rescue Russian pilot East Aleppo offensive Northern Aleppo offensive Encirclement of Aleppo Aleppo offensive Hama offensive Syrian Desert campaign Eastern Syria campaign 2017 Abu Kamal offensive War in Iraq (2013–2017) Siege of Amirli Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar Battle of Baiji Battle of Tikrit Siege of Fallujah Operation Breaking Terrorism
Awards
Order of Zolfaghar (1) Order of Fath (3)
Children
6; including Zeinab
Relations
Hashem Safieddine (co-father-in-law)
Service years
1979–2020

Tables

· Awards and decorations
Order of Zolfaghar
Order of Fath (1st class)
Order of Fath (2nd class)
Order of Fath (2nd class)
· External links
New title
New title
Military offices
New title
Military offices
Commander of the 41st Tharallah Division 1982–1998
Military offices
Succeeded byAbdolmohammad Raufinejad
Preceded byAhmad Vahidi
Preceded byAhmad Vahidi
Military offices
Preceded byAhmad Vahidi
Military offices
Commander of Quds Force 1998–2020
Military offices
Succeeded byEsmail Qaani
Military offices
New title
Commander of the 41st Tharallah Division 1982–1998
Succeeded byAbdolmohammad Raufinejad
Preceded byAhmad Vahidi
Commander of Quds Force 1998–2020
Succeeded byEsmail Qaani

References

  1. The most widely cited birth date for Soleimani is 11 March 1957. His gravestone states 21 March 1956. At least one later
  2. Posthumously.
  3. In a 2007 memo, the U.S. State Department listed his birthplace as Qom, Qom Province, instead.
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