Iran Press/ Asia: The event was organized on the occasion of the third martyrdom anniversary of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his fellow martyrs.
Gholamreza Najari, the deputy of the Iranian embassy in Afghanistan said Lt. Gen. Soleimani was a supporter of the world's oppressed people, adding that the destruction of ISIS in the region was due to Soleimani's bravery.
Najari called Martyr Soleimani the reason for the peace of the Islamic world and added that helping the nations of Palestine, Syria, and Iraq shines in the record of the martyr.
The political deputy of the Iranian embassy in Afghanistan branded the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani by the United States an example of state terrorism and said that Soleimani's life was a unifier for Islamic countries and his martyrdom is a consensus maker.
Lt. Gen. Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard 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.
Lt. Gen. 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.
Lt. Gen. Soleimani was assassinated by the US while he was in Baghdad at the official invitation of the Iraqi government.
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