Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قَاسِمُ سَلَىمَانَى‎; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and war criminal(allegedly). From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was commander of the IRGC's Quds Force. He was born in Qanat-e Malek, Kerman. He began his military career in the 1980s Iran–Iraq War. He later helped command efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014–15, in which he also in the name of fighting ISIS and through Shia militias committed war crimes against Sunnis in Iraq and Syria.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On 3 January 2020, Soleimani was killed in an airstrike near Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S.-ordered airstrike also killed others, including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.^[6] His daughter Zeinab would make a fiery speech warning the US of the consequences of killing her father.^[7]

1. ↑ Khansari, Mohammad Sadat (2020-01-05). "Who Was the Vicious Criminal Qassem Soleimani". NCRI. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
2. ↑ Chabkoun, Malak. "Soleimani is no anti-imperialist hero". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
3. ↑ Berger, Miriam (2020-01-03). "Qasem Soleimani helped shape the brutality of the Syrian war". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
4. ↑ "Syrian victims of Iranian crimes should not be overlooked". Syria Justice & Accountability Centre. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
5. ↑ Katiraie, Jubin (2020-01-07). "A Glance at Qassem Soleimani's Crimes in Syria". Iran Focus. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
6. ↑ "U.S. says it kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike". Reuters. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
7. ↑ "Qassem Soleimani's daughter warns 'crazy Trump' a 'dark day' is coming". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-04-19.