Qasem Soleimani
Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). 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.
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.[1]
Qasem Soleimani Media
Soleimani receiving the Order of Zolfaghar from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Map of Al-Qusayr and its environs. The Al-Qusayr offensive was reportedly orchestrated by Soleimani.
Map of the 2015 Aleppo offensives
A map of Saladin Governorate in Iraq. Soleimani was involved in breaking the Siege of Amirli by ISIL in the eastern part of the governorate.
Soleimani praying in the Syrian desert in 2017
Soleimani speaking at International Day of Mosque conference
Mourners at Azadi Square, Tehran
Soleimani's grave. He had asked for a simple gravestone "similar to [his] shahid comrades" and without any honorific title inscribed along his name.
Commemoration ceremony (anniversary) of "Qasem-Soleimani", in Tehran
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