Qasem Soleimani

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  • Funeral procession for martyrs Soleimani, al-Muhandis in Ahvaz 2020-01-05 22:38

    ‘General of the Hearts’ honored from southwest to northeast

    TEHRAN – Millions of angry mourners from all walks of life participated in separate funeral ceremonies held in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and the northeastern city of Mashhad on Sunday for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was martyred in a U.S. air raid in Baghdad on Friday morning.

  • trump 2020-01-05 18:43

    Trump threatens to target 52 Iranian sites

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday sent a message of scathing threat to Iran after Tehran vowed to give harsh response to Washington for assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force.

  • Quds Force commander Major-General Qassem Soleimani. 2020-01-05 18:19

    Iran’s Assyrian community condoles over Gen. Soleimani’s martyrdom

    TEHRAN – The Assyrian community in Iran released a message on Saturday to express condolences over the martyrdom of the commander of the IRGC Quds Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, ISNA reported.

  • Mashhad 2020-01-05 14:38

    Holy Mashhad mourns Lt.Gen. Soleimani martyrdom

    MASHHAD, Iran - Hundreds of thousands of people are attending the mourning procession for Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani in the shrine city of Mashhad .

  • Soleimani 2020-01-05 13:31

    ‘Thwarting U.S. economic pressure best way to follow martyr Soleimani’s path’

    TEHRAN – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says neutralizing U.S. plans for economic pressure on the country is the best way to follow the path of Martyr Soleimani, IRIB reported on Saturday.

  • Iranian commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and the deputy chief of Iraq's PMF Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis 2020-01-05 12:24

    * By Ali Rajabi

    The martyrdom that would lead to a real “Islamic Awakening”

    TEHRAN - Less than a decade ago, people of Arab countries began to protest against their dictators to achieve justice and freedom also named “Arab Spring”. This moral path took a detour and lost its right way. It was the U.S. effort to mislead the people by creating some terrorist groups including ISIS, Al-NOSRAH and ETC. 

  • United State 2020-01-05 12:16

    By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

    Red Line Crossed: U.S. assassination of Qasem Soleimani

    “Shahid Soleimani is the international face of the resistance and all who have a heart-felt connection to the resistance seek his blood revenge.” —Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei

  • Paul Pillar 2020-01-05 12:12

    By Javad Heirannia

    Iranians view the killing of Soleimani as an act of war: Paul Pillar

    TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells that Trump often does not understand the nature and consequences of his own actions.

  • Funeral procession for martyrs Soleimani, al-Muhandis in Ahvaz 2020-01-05 11:14

    Thousands of people attend funeral ceremony for Martyred Gen. Soleimani in southwestern Iran

    Thousands of mourners from all walks of life have participated in the funeral ceremony in Ahvaz on Sunday for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated in the U.S. air raid in Baghdad on Friday.

  • Funeral procession for martyrs Soleimani, al-Muhandis in Ahvaz 2020-01-05 09:53

    Funeral procession for martyrs Soleimani, al-Muhandis in Ahvaz

    The funeral procession for Iranian commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and the deputy chief of Iraq's PMF Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi is currently underway in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. The two commanders were martyred in an assassination carried out by U.S. terrorist forces at Baghdad airport in the early hours of Friday.

  • Commemoration of martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani in Isfahan 2020-01-05 09:34

    Photo: Abbas Poustindooz

    Martyrs Soleimani, al-Muhandis commemorated in Isfahan

    A ceremony was held on Saturday in Isfahan in commemoration of IRGC Quds Force commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Iraq's PMU second-in-command Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were assassinated by US terrorist forces in Baghdad on Friday.

  • Funeral processions of martyred Iranian, Iraqi commanders in Karbala 2020-01-05 08:51

    Funeral procession held for martyred Iranian, Iraqi commanders in Karbala

    Thousands of Iraqi people held a funeral procession for the commander of Iran’s IRGC Quds Force, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy chief of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Karbala on Saturday.

  • Thousands march in Tehran to commemorate martyrdom of top general Qassem Soleimani 2020-01-04 16:46

    Photo: Hamid Vakili

    Thousands march in Tehran to commemorate martyrdom of top general Qassem Soleimani

    Thousands of Iranians pour out onto the streets near Tehran’s Felestin’s Sq. on January 4, 2020, to express sympathy over the martyrdom of Quds Force commander Major-General Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad early on January 3. Same rallies and ceremonies are also being observed in every corner of the Islamic Republic.

  • Influential Iraqi cleric pays visit to Soleimani home to condole his family 2020-01-04 16:02

    Influential Iraqi cleric pays visit to Soleimani home to condole his family

    Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited the home of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), who was assassinated in a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

  • zarif 2020-01-04 13:40

    Zarif: U.S. terrorist act ‘extremely dangerous and foolish escalation’

    FM says U.S. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism

    TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif released a statement on the U.S. assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani.

  • Sergey Lavrov 2020-01-04 13:32

    Russian foreign minister stresses that Soleimani’s killing violates international law

     Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani violates the norms of international law during a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Friday.

  • Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani and the Deputy Chief of Iraq's PMF, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis  2020-01-04 12:01

    Iraqis hold massive funeral procession for Lieutenant General Soleimani

    Huge numbers of Iraqis gathered for the funeral procession of the legendary Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani, and the Deputy Chief of Iraq's PMF, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in Kadhimiya, a city near Baghdad.

  • Qasem Soleimani 2020-01-04 10:23

    By Syed Zafar Mehdi

    We are all Soleimani today

    TEHRAN - Last year, while felicitating him with the country’s highest honor, the Supreme Leader Sayed Ali Khamenei wished martyrdom for his brave soldier, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. On the blessed night of Friday, the wish came true and the ‘living martyr’ bade us adieu.

  • Qasem Soleimani 2020-01-04 09:09

    By Mohammad Ghaderi

    Soleimani was a “culture” and a culture cannot be assassinated

    At 1:20 a.m., several U.S. helicopters and drones attacked two Poplar Mobilization Units vehicles near an airport in Iraq that led to the martyrdom of Commander Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes and nine of PMU forces.

  • Leader's visit to family of martyred Gen. Soleimani 2020-01-04 08:50

    Photo: Leader.ir

    Leader's visit to family of martyr Gen. Soleimani

    TEHRAN – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit to the bereaved family of IRGC Commander of Quds Force Gen. ًQasem Soleimani, who was martyred in US airstrikes in Baghdad on Friday.

  • Qasem Soleimani 2020-01-03 17:55

    Gen. Soleimani’s influence in fighting terrorism

    Here is a video depicting General Soleimani addressing Defenders of Shrine that played a key role in eliminating ISIL in Syria and Iraq. The commander of the IRGC Quds Force General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), were martyred in the U.S. airstrikes on Baghdad's international airport on Friday morning. Iran has vowed "tough revenge" for Soleimani's death.

  • People condemn Soleimani assassination in Tehran 2020-01-03 17:27

    Photo: Maryam kamyab

    People condemn Soleimani assassination in Tehran

    People from all walks of life on Friday took to the streets in Tehran as well as in other cities to condemn the United States’ terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and call for retaliation against the perpetrators of the terrorist attack.

  • Geng Shuang, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson 2020-01-03 16:45

    China calls for respecting sovereignty, territorial integrity of Iraq

    TEHRAN– People’s Republic of China in its reaction to the US airstrikes on Friday in Iraq, which led to the martyrdom of IRGC Commander of Quds Force General Ghasem Soleimani, called for respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq.

  • Agnes Callamard 2020-01-03 16:11

    Soleimani assassination unlawful: UN Special Rapporteur

    TEHRAN– Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Qasem Soleimani's assassination is unlawful and violates international human rights law.

  • Pentagon 2020-01-03 15:44

    Pentagon confirms Trump ordered killing of General Soleimani

    U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the Commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani, the Pentagon said on Friday.

  • Qassem Soleimani 2020-01-03 15:07

    Worshipers in Tehran condemn assassination of General Soleimani

    Worshippers in Tehran held rallies to condemn assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force . General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), were martyred in the U.S. airstrikes on Baghdad's international airport on Friday morning. Iran has vowed "tough revenge" for Soleimani's death.

  • Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah 2020-01-03 12:03

    Nassrallah: Lebanon’s Hezbollah will continue Soleimani’s path

    Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that the Hezbollah would continue the path of Iran’s Major-General Qassem Soleimani after his death in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq.

  • larijani 2020-01-03 12:00

    Nation will never let U.S. off for killing Iranian heroes: Larijani

    TEHRAN – Following the U.S. attacks on Baghdad airport on Friday night which led to the martyrdom of IRGC Quds Commander General Qassem Soleimani, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the noble nation of Iran will not forsake the blood of its martyrs.

  • Hassan Rouhani 2020-01-03 11:39

    Rouhani: Nation to take tough revenge for Gen. Soleimani martyrdom

    TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran and other independent countries of the region will take revenge on the ‘criminal’ US for assassinating Gen. Soleimani.

  • Mohammad Javad Zarif 2020-01-03 10:48

    Malice, stupidity of US terrorist forces to further strengthen tree of resistance in region: FM Zarif

    TEHRAN– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has released a statement on the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani.