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| Native name | قاسم سلیمانی |
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| Born | 11 March 1957[note 1] Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Imperial State of Iran |
| Died | 3 January 2020 (aged 62)[7] Baghdad Airport Road, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Buried | Kerman Martyrs Cemetery, Kerman, Iran[8] 30°17′31″N 57°07′44″E / 30.291984°N 57.128931°E |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Service/ |  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Years of service | 1979–2020 |
| Rank | Major General Lieutenant General[note 2] |
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| Children | 6 |
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). 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.[12] He was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East" and a "genius of asymmetric warfare,"[13][14][unreliable source?] and former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani's strategies had "personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck."[15] 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.[16][17][18]
For attacks orchestrated or attempted against American and other targets abroad, Soleimani was personally sanctioned by the United Nations and the European Union,[19][20][21] and was designated as a terrorist by the United States in 2005.[22][23][24] The United States military assassinated Soleimani in 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.[25][26] Iranian propaganda outlets subsequently represented Soleimani as a national hero.[27][28][29][30]
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- ^ "Qasem Soleimani among those killed in Baghdad Airport attack – report". The Jerusalem Post. Reuters. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Soleimani To Be Buried In Kerman After Ceremony Led By Khamenei In Tehran". RFE/RL. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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BBC-50991810was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "General Soleimani receives Iran's highest Medal of Honor". Tehran Times. 11 March 2019.
- ^ "عکس/ مدال های فرمانده نیروی قدس سپاه". 6 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Baranova, Maria (5 October 2016). "Qasem Soleimani: Iran's 'architect' of Russian operations in Syria". Russia Beyond.
- ^ "A nice war as reelection strategy". Chicago Sun-Times. 6 January 2020.
- ^ Oumma.com, Rédaction (4 January 2020). "Qassem Soleimani, le Giap du Moyen-Orient".
- ^ Sirrs, Owen L. (2022). Iran's Qods Force: Proxy Wars, Terrorism, and the War on America.
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nrc3Janwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ U.S. killing of Iran's second most powerful man risks regional conflagration reuters.com
- ^ "Was America's assassination of Qassem Suleimani justified?". The Economist. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Ali H. M. Abo Rezeg (3 January 2020). "PROFILE—Who is Qasem Soleimani?". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
Soleimani was declared a "terrorist and supporter of terrorism" by the U.S. He was among the Iranian individuals who were sanctioned by the UN Security Council resolution 1747 [...] on June 24, 2011, an official statement by the European Union said that European sanctions were imposed on three Iranian commanders of the Revolutionary Guards including Soleimani
- ^ He was designated as a terrorist by the United States and by the European Union (8 January 2020). "Assertion: Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the War". Archived from the original on 8 January 2020.
- ^ Rikar Hussein; Mehdi Jedinia (8 April 2019). "Factbox: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
The United Nations and the European Union have refrained from designating the IRGC as a terror entity but have blacklisted key individuals of the force, including its leader Qasem Soleimani
- ^ "Donald Trump kills General Qasem Soleimani". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
General Soleimani was a U.S.-designated terrorist
- ^ "Trump Says Obama Designated Qassem Soleimani a Terrorist but 'Did Nothing About It'". 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. In 2011, the Obama administration sanctioned Soleimani for an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.
- ^ Jennifer Griffin; Lucas Tomlinson (6 August 2015). "Exclusive: Quds Force commander Soleimani visited Moscow, met Russian leaders in defiance of sanctions". Fox. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
Soleimani was first designated a terrorist and sanctioned by the U.S. in 2005 for his role as a supporter of terrorism
- ^ Number of US troops wounded in Iran attack now at 110: Pentagon ABS News, 22 February 2020
- ^ Singman, Brooke (8 January 2020). "Trump says Iran 'appears to be standing down', missile strikes resulted in no casualties". Fox News. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via www.foxnews.com.
- ^ "In major escalation, U.S. airstrike kills top Iranian commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani". Japan Times Online. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Analysis | Trump's order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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Gallagher-Mohseniwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Zraick, Karen (3 January 2020). "What to Know About the Death of Iranian General Suleimani". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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