Qasem Soleimani
Iranian military officer (1957-2020) · Iran · On the map · Died at 62
Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served as the 2nd commander of the Quds Force from March 1998 until his assassination by the United States in January 2020. He was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East" and a "genius of asymmetric warfare".
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Soleimani receiving the Order of Zolfaghar from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Soleimani praying in the Syrian Desert in 2017
Soleimani speaking at International Day of Mosque conference
Soleimani (left) with future supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei at Soleimani's father's funeral ceremony in 2017
Qasem Soleimani (left) with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at a 2017 ceremony commemorating the father of Soleimani, in Mosalla, Tehran
Mourners at Azadi Square, Tehran
Ali Khamenei leading Salat al-Janazah, the Islamic funeral prayer. Others pictured include Hassan Rouhani, Ebrahim Raisi, Ali Larijani, Hossein Salami, Esmail Qaani and Ismail Haniyeh.Awards
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Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani's strategies had "personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck".
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