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The modern Middle East has seen a number of occasions in which the assassination of high-level government and military figures was attempted, or at least considered. Such instances include United States decapitation strike air raids targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986 and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1991, 1998, and 2003, in addition to killings or attempted killings of non-state ...
Soleimani's body was identified using a ring he wore on his finger. [165] Soleimani was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General [10] and praised as a martyr by speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani [166] and Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander of the IRGC. [167] Soleimani was succeeded by Esmail Ghaani as commander of the ...
The People's Mojahedin of Iran, an exiled Iranian militant group, welcomed the killing of Soleimani.Its leader Maryam Rajavi, the wife of the disappeared Massoud Rajavi, stated that the killing is an "irreparable blow for the regime of the mullahs" while she accused Soleimani of being "one of the biggest criminals in Iran's history" and "personally implicated in the massacre of thousands of ...
On 3 January 2020, General Qasem Soleimani was killed by a United States drone attack in Iraq. Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC. Soleimani held a position of significant influence in Iran, widely considered the second most powerful figure in the country after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As leader of the Quds ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Killing of Yahya Sinwar Part of the Israel–Hamas war and Rafah offensive Sinwar, wounded, staring at an Israeli drone, with his face covered in a keffiyeh, shortly before his death Operational scope Routine patrol of an area by the Israel Defense Forces' 828th Bislamach Brigade, leading to a ...
Sheida Soleimani, multimedia artist, photographer, and professor of studio art at Brandeis University. Known for her work on Iranian human-rights violation victims, and her outspoken comments on the Iranian regime. Bahar Soomekh, actress [30] Aramazd Stepanian, actor, producer, playwright. Owner, artistic director, and producer of the Luna ...
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Gholamreza Soleimani (born 1964), Iranian brigadier general Haj Qorban Soleimani (1920–2008), Iranian musician Iraj Soleimani (1946–2009), Iranian footballer