In Iran, Qasem Soleimani has always been a hot figure. He is a legendary major general in Iran.
His origin is very mysterious. Not only many military fans are very interested in it, but even many non-military fans are also talking about it.
Qassem Soleimani has always been controversial in Iran. The " Wall Street Journal " reported on Qassem Soleimani's support rate in 2018.
During Iran's turbulent period, Qassem Soleimani's public approval rating was as high as 64.7%, while Iranian President Rouhani's approval rate during the same period was only 23.5%. It can be seen that the hardline Qasem Soleimani is still very popular among the Iranian people.
However, all this came to an abrupt end in 2020. Qasem Soleimani died in a rocket attack at Baghdad International Airport. This incident further intensified the contradictions and confrontations between the United States and Iran.
Soleimani Death
In the decades of war between the United States and Iran, the United States has always been in an invincible position. Weapons and equipment are developing rapidly, and science and technology are unwilling to lag behind. Iran's development is far behind the pace of the United States, and its defeat in the dispute is certain.
However, Iran, which is in a weak position, also has its own tricks. Among them is a group of people led by Qassem Soleimani who are conducting a secret battle against the United States.
This covert fighting includes raids on American bases in Iraq and small-scale attacks on the American embassy. On this secret front, Iran and the United States are equally powerful. Therefore, the United States also has a headache when facing Qasem Soleimani and others.
After seeing Qasem Soleimani's status in the "Quds Brigade", the United States began a crazy plan. During the thirty years that Qassem Soleimani spent in the "Quds Force", he managed it as if it were his own private property. He personally took care of every detail and ran the "Quds Force" like an iron barrel, and his leadership status was obvious.
Any action of Qassem Soleimani can influence the situation in the Middle East . In the eyes of the Western media, Qassem Soleimani is by far the most influential field commander and military strategist in the Middle East.
I would like to ask how such a figure can reassure the United States, which has hegemony , so this assassination plan was born. After monitoring Qassem Soleimani for more than 30 hours, they found an opportunity to close the network and prepare to kill Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.
On the morning of January 2, 2022, Qassem Soleimani flew from Tehran, the capital of Iran, to Damascus, the capital of Syria. After getting off the plane, he immediately drove to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, without any stop, to meet with the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah. It was not until evening that we returned to Damascus by car.
22:28, Qassem Soleimani was preparing to take a flight to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. At the same time, Iraqi military commander Muhandis was preparing to pick up the plane at Baghdad International Airport.
html At 0:32 on the 3rd, Qasem Soleimani arrived at Baghdad International Airport and was about to leave the airport by car, but he did not know that the United States' clampdown was about to begin. At 1:45, Baghdad International Airport was attacked by three rockets.
Suddenly, Baghdad International Airport burst into flames, and many people were injured in this incident. According to Overseas Network's "Soleimani's daughter asked "Who avenged her father's blood?" Rouhani responded: Everyone", the incident caused at least 8 deaths, including the core figure of the "Quds Force" - Commander Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy commander of the Iraqi Shiite militia "Popular Mobilization Organization" Muhandis.
Suddenly, the Iranian people were excited and public opinion was in an uproar. Many local people in Iran took to the streets to hold demonstrations to protest against the US crime of assassinating Qassem Soleimani.
Soleimani’s funeral
The U.S.’s beheading operation this time used drones to target the SUV in which Qasem Soleimani was riding, and then dropped rockets to hit the target directly. The attack was precise, ruthless and ruthless.
The ending of Qassem Soleimani can be imagined. The " New York Times " reported on January 3, 2020 that Qassem Soleimani was "crushed" by the bomb in this operation. In the end, the identity of the deceased was confirmed through the blood-red ring on his hand.
While the United States is proud of its achievements, Iran and Qasem Soleimani's family are in misery.
On the evening of January 3, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei went to the home of Qassem Soleimani to visit his widow and children. When comforting the family of Qassem Soleimani, Khamenei said that the assassination by the United States was really "vicious" and "each of us will be grateful to your father."
" Daily Mail " reported that on January 4, Rouhani also went to Qassem Soleimani's home to express condolences to his family.
On this day, Qassem Soleimani's two daughters were dressed in black and were always immersed in the great grief of losing their father.
Qassem Soleimani's daughters asked Rouhani: "Who will avenge our father?" Rouhani replied without hesitation: "Each of us will avenge him, you don't have to worry about this!"
Iran's various actions since then have always fulfilled this promise. Rouhani comforted the children and then said: "Perhaps the Americans have not realized how serious a mistake they made this time. However, I guarantee that they will pay the price for their mistakes today not only now, but in the next few years. Their crimes today will be recorded in history forever and will be remembered!"
The body of Qassem Soleimani arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, together with the bodies of several other members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who died in air strikes. After Qassem Soleimani got off the plane, many people in Ahvaz, a city in southwestern Iran, voluntarily took to the streets to attend his memorial ceremony and bid farewell to their great leader.
html On the 06th, under the leadership of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, many national leaders and people participated. They gathered at Tehran University to pray for the body of Qasem Soleimani. Subsequently, Qassem Soleimani's body was brought back to the "Holy City" of Qom and buried in his hometown of Kerman.
Soleimani Anniversary
The death of Qasem Soleimani is not the end of things, but precisely the beginning of them. The case of Qasem Soleimani triggered unprecedented anti-American sentiment in Iran. Their emotions are running high, and under Khamenei's vow of "retaliation", the situation between the United States and Iran has become even more tense.
Five days later, on the 8th, Iran launched the ballistic missile at the US military base in Iraq, and publicly claimed that this was "retaliation." In addition, Iran's state-run TV station also reported that more than 80 American "terrorists" were killed and their armed forces were destroyed.
On January 3, 2021, a large number of people spontaneously gathered around Baghdad International Airport to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Qasem Soleimani. Such activities never stop.
On January 1, 2022, Iranian time, tens of thousands of Iranian people gathered at Baghdad International Airport again. They shouted anti-American slogans and once again held activities for the anniversary of Qasem Soleimani. At the same time, Tamir Heyman, the former intelligence chief of the Israel Defense Forces, also publicly revealed that he participated in the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.
In the past two years, there have been countless such public activities, and there have also been many secret contests. Observer Network reported in the article "Two Israeli media were hacked on the second anniversary of Soleimani's assassination" on January 4, 2022 that two Israeli media had been hacked and a picture appeared on the homepage of their Twitter accounts at the same time.
A ballistic missile dropped from the red ring that Qasem Soleimani was wearing when he died, destroying Israel's nuclear facilities, with the text We are close to you where you do not think about it (We are close to you where you do not think about it).
The media website also claimed that it had suffered multiple such hacker attacks since the death of Qasem Soleimani. However, they don’t know whether this was done by Iranian hackers or pro-Iranian international supporters.
But this time, Rosen, the current head of Israeli Defense Forces cyber strategy and current head of the cyber intelligence company, publicly claimed that this was a "side display of Iran's nuclear power and regional ambitions." He believes that this hacker attack has no practical significance and is just a psychological attack. Iran can only use this method to cause panic among the people, and all departments can strengthen infrastructure prevention.
As a big and peace-loving country, China is also very concerned about China’s attitude towards the US-Iran issue.
Global Network "Second Anniversary of Soleimani's Assassination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The United States Uses "Rules" to Cover Up Atrocities" reported that at the regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 4, 2022, regarding the Qassem Soleimani incident, the United Nations' attitude towards calling the United States a terrorist country, and the Iranian president's attitude towards this matter, The Paper reporter also asked spokesperson Wang Wenbin questions, hoping to get China's evaluation of these many incidents.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs still maintains his position of loving peace and not fearing power. Wang Wenbin once again demonstrated the gentleness and sharpness of a diplomat from a major country.
He said that the United States has repeatedly violated the norms of international relations and international law . It claims to be maintaining the rules-based international order , but in fact it is to consolidate its hegemony and put the interests of the United States above the order of the international community. Their behavior of wantonly killing and plundering people is actually terrorism and brutality in the eyes of the world. People in the Middle East countries will not accept it, and people around the world will not accept it either.
The Middle East’s “ultimate king” Soleimani
So, why is the United States so afraid of Qasem Soleimani? What is Qasem Soleimani’s status in the Middle East? It all starts with Qasem Soleimani’s identity as the “King of Ultimatum”.
In 1980, the Iran-Iraq war broke out, and the young Qasem Soleimani went to the battlefield. He was brave and resourceful, fearless of life and death on the battlefield, and was promoted to the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards First Tallah Division. At that time, Qasem Soleimani was known as the "Young General."
Qassem Soleimani was extremely visionary, bold in combat, strong in tactical awareness, and capable of commanding, but many people said that he was self-willed, stubborn, and arrogant. But no matter how the outside world evaluates him, there is no denying Qasem Soleimani’s outstanding abilities.
In 2000, Qassem Soleimani established the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Special Forces and served as the brigade commander. This was the "Quds Force" that was so feared that even the United States was somewhat afraid of it. The "Quds Force" is the main force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, with more than 10,000 members, including soldiers, spies and other elites, and can undertake various types of tasks.
Not only that, the institutions and organizations of the "Quds Brigade" are very large, with command centers in many countries in Asia, Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Under the leadership of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's special forces have also rapidly and effectively expanded their overseas power, and their power cannot be underestimated.
In 2007, the expansion of Iran's special forces made the United States see a crisis. At a hearing in the US Congress, a resolution was passed to sanction Iran's senior military and political officials, including Qassem Soleimani, on the grounds that the armed forces of the "Quds Force" had caused heavy casualties to American soldiers.
subsequently froze their asset accounts in the United States and included the "Quds Force" on 's "Specially Designated Terrorist List."At this time, the United States has gradually seen the power of the "Quds Force" headed by Qassem Soleimani, and has also become aware of the threat posed by Qasem Soleimani to them.
In the following years, Qassem Soleimani was promoted to the supreme leader of the Iranian army, Major General, by Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and he also provided him with the greatest economic support.
Although Qasem Soleimani resigned as commander of the "Quds Force" in 2014, the actual command of this special force is still in his hands, and he is still the shadow commander of the Revolutionary Guards. Qassem Soleimani also promoted Iran's strategic change in openly attacking the "Islamic State" abroad.
It is precisely because of this change in Iran's strategy that the influence of Iran's Shia Muslims has been greatly enhanced in the Middle East. Under the leadership of Qassem Soleimani, its foreign operations have gone smoothly. After a short period of efforts, the extreme armed expansion momentum of the "Islamic State" has been effectively curbed.
In addition, Qassem Soleimani is also a very key figure on the Syrian battlefield. He not only personally supports the Syrian government forces in fighting the reactionaries, but also coordinates the armed forces of the Lebanese Hezbollah to enter the Syrian war coordinated operations. He has also publicly stated that he will organize forces to help the Syrian government forces whenever necessary.
Conclusion
Qassem Soleimani’s influence in the Middle East is unquestionable, and the support he receives from the people in Iran is also visible to the public. Among all the forces that Qasem Soleimani can come into contact with, the most precious thing is his status in his own country.
Such a capable and outstanding field commander and military strategist is not only deeply trusted and loved by all parties, but also highly regarded by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. There is no suspicion between these "monarchs" and no great achievements, but only mutual support and trust. You must know that Qasem Soleimani is a figure who can "walk" in Khamenei's office. How can such a figure not make the United States afraid, or even get rid of him quickly?
References
- Editors in charge: Wei Xuewei, Yang Jia, Soleimani's daughter asked "Who will avenge the blood of her father?" Rouhani responded: Everyone (report) Overseas Network, January 5, 2019
- Editors in charge: Liu Chang, the second anniversary of Soleimani's assassination Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The United States uses "rules" to cover up atrocities (report) Global Network, January 4, 2022
- Qi Qian, the second anniversary of Soleimani's assassination, two Israeli media were hacked: We are near you (report) Observer.com, January 4, 2022
