Iran Press/ Iran news: Lt. General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Second-in-Command Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were assassinated along with their companions in a US drone strike authorized by the former US President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
General Soleimani and his companions were highly popular because of their key role in eliminating the US-backed ISIS terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.
General Soleimani was assassinated by the US while he was in Baghdad at the official invitation of the Iraqi government.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian emphasized in a televised interview on the occasion of the third anniversary of the martyrdom of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC), that about 60 American officials who were involved in the assassination of resistance commanders are on Iran's blacklist.
206
Read More:
Leader: Reviving resistance front, Soleimani's great work
Qassem Soleimani belongs to all freedom-seekers: Basij cmdr.
