General Qasim Soleimani was not only the head of the Al-Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, but was seen as one of the most powerful figures in the entire Middle East.
Ali Sofan, a former special agent with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, writes in an article that the current Iran cannot be fully understood unless General Soleimani is understood.
General Soleimani is said to have been the originator of Iran’s current war policies and strategies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. In Soleimani’s presence, Iran not only strengthened its allies by using state and non-state armed groups, but also played a key role in turning Iran into a major power in the Middle East.
Soleimani’s influence
Ali Soofan writes that the credit for saving Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria also goes to General Soleimani. In the current era, Iran’s alliance with Syria has become so strong that if General Soleimani wants, from Tehran to the Lebanese-Israeli border without interruption. You can travel freely.
According to the American magazine The New Yorker, General Soleimani himself used to stay in Damascus and monitor the war against the enemies of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Al-Quds Force, General Qasim Soleimani, was killed in a US-led missile strike in Iraq on Friday. ۔
The Pentagon says the operation was ordered by President Donald Trump. The United States has said Qasim Soleimani was involved in plotting attacks on US interests in the region, including attacks on US diplomats and US troops in Iraq.
According to a former Iraqi army officer, Qasim Soleimani was a quiet and mostly quiet man, and whenever he spoke, his tone was muted. He was also called Khilb, which means a person with an attractive personality.
General Soleimani had a close relationship with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The Supreme Leader called him a living martyr of the Iranian Revolution.
Opponents’ views on Soleimani
Mayor Dagan, the former head of Israel’s intelligence agency, told The New Yorker that General Soleimani had a politically cunning nature and that he had relations with everyone.
Despite being a successful combat commander, General Soleimani took great care of his family. According to a Middle East security official, Soleimani treated his wife with respect and sometimes went for walks with her. He has a son and two daughters.
According to Western intelligence officials, Hezbollah and Iran launched a new campaign against the United States and Israel in 2010, in response to steps taken against Iran’s nuclear program. According to the New Yorker, Qasim Soleimani has since carried out a number of attacks against Western interests, ranging from Iran to Thailand, New Delhi, Lagos and Nairobi.
Dexter Falkins wrote in the American magazine that in 2011 General Soleimani paid a Mexican drug cartel and plotted to blow up the then Saudi ambassador to the United States near the White House, which failed.
Dexter Falkins writes that two former U.S. security officials then suggested to a congressional committee that General Soleimani should be killed, one of them a security official, adding that Soleimani mostly travels, either. They should be captured or killed. Following the committee’s meeting, Iranian supporters launched a campaign on social media entitled “VRL Qasim Soleimani.”
Dexter Falkins writes that Middle Eastern personalities, whom he has known for decades, fall silent when they hear Qasim Soleimani’s name. When a Kurdish officer was asked about Soleimani, he said, “We have nothing to do with it. American spies also consider General Soleimani to be in a separate category, an enemy they hate and like.” Also do
A war of words between US President Donald Trump and Soleimani
In 2018, US President Donald Trump threatened Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a Twitter message that if Iran ever tried to threaten the United States, it would have to pay the price.
It was not President Rouhani but General Soleimani who responded to President Trump’s threatening tweet. Ali Sofan writes in his article that during a speech in the Iranian city of Hamedan, General Soleimani, addressing the US President, said that responding to Trump’s statement is against the dignity of the Iranian President, so he himself as a soldier to Trump. Will answer He said that Trump sometimes speaks to the world like a tender or casino manager. At the end of his speech, he threatened the United States, saying, “Donald Trump, you are well aware of our strength and capability in the region and how powerful we are for such a war.” Come on we are waiting for you We are on the spot. You know that in such a war you will lose all your abilities. You may start this war but we will decide the end of this war. “
The rise of Qasim Soleimani
According to Ali Soofan, General Soleimani hailed from a mountain village in the Iranian province of Kerman, where he was born in 1953. At the age of 13, he had to drop out of school due to poor economic conditions in his family. By the time the Iranian revolution began in 1978, he had become a technician in the regional water supply department.
Soleimani joined the Revolutionary Guards in April 1979. Ali Soofan writes in his article that Soleimani had a reputation as an officer who cared for his soldiers. Soleimani was known among his soldiers as “The Goat Thief”, a goat thief. He got this name because he used to bring goats for his soldiers during the war and feed them.
Iraqi leaders also appear to be crediting Suleimani for a successful war against ISIS. In a speech in Switzerland, former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abidi thanked Iran for providing Iraq with arms and ammunition free of charge. Haider al-Abidi specifically praised General Qasim Soleimani, saying he was Iraq’s most important ally in the fight against ISIS.
Highlights of Qasim Soleimani’s military career
Soleimani joined the Revolutionary Guards in the 1970s.
He was seen fighting on every front during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s and became the leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ 41st Division. Responsibilities assigned.
General Soleimani was appointed commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Al-Quds Force in the 1990s, overseeing Iranian military operations against the Afghan Taliban, and forging a partnership with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
After the US invasion of Iraq in the 2000s, General Soleimani formed a group of Shiite fighters who took an active part in the war against the US and its allies. In 2006, he provided strategic support to Hezbollah in its war against Israel. In 2008, he sent a message to senior US General David Petraeus stating that he controlled Iran’s policies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Afghanistan.
Suleimani played a major role in the war against ISIS in the 2010s. They formed several militant groups to protect the holy sites in Iraq, including the Zenbiun Brigade, which included Pakistani Shia youth.
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