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Soleimani - Seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directing militia in Iraq , the troops, the US was attacked-and later against the Islamic state group

Next Iran 's Supreme leader, Qasem Soleimani was probably The Most powerful figure in the Islamic Republic .

" As head of the military abroad, known as the Quds Force , Soleimani, the leader of the country, the activities in the Middle East , and its real Foreign Minister , when it comes to issues of war and peace.

He was widely Seen as the architect of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against the rebels In Syria , The Rise of the pro-Iranian paramilitary forces in Iraq , The Fight against the Islamic state group, and many battles.

Charismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and Social Media memes.

He reached in the last years of a life in The Shadows , directed Covert Operations to fame and popularity in Iran , the subject of documentary films, documentaries, and even pop songs.

as far back as 2013, the former CIA officer John Maguire Of New York, said that Soleimani was "The Most powerful operative in the Middle East ".

When the end came, it was fierce and all of a sudden. On 3. January, in the direction of US President Donald Trump .

Soleimani (R) was close to Iran 's Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

The attack followed a sharp escalation between the U.S., Iran , and the Iranian-backed groups in Iraq after the death of a U.S. military contractor in the case of a rocket attack on a US base in Iraq - for the U.S. has held Iran responsible.

The United States responded with an air attack on Iran -backed Kataib militia Hezbollah. Militia-supporters of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad attacked.

tensions between the US and Iran was to curb The Rise since the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers, the Iranian nuclear program and the prevention of the development of nuclear weapons. Also in the United States sanctions against Iran , its economy in free fall.

rise of the militias

Soleimani is believed to have come from poor backgrounds and have very little education. But he was charged by The Revolutionary Guards - Iran 's elite and powerful, and allegedly close to Iran 's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini .

to expand, After he tried to get the commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani, Iran 's influence in the Middle East through the implementation of Covert Operations , and the weapons of the allies and the development of networks of militias loyal to Iran .

in the course of his career, he believes, backed by Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq in The Fight against the former dictator, Saddam Hussein , as well as other groups in the region, including the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.

After the US Invasion in Iraq in 2003, he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks on U.S. troops and bases, killing hundreds.

He, too, is far to react credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad, The Armed uprising against him began in 2011. Iranian assistance together with the Russian air support helped to turn The Tide , to capture against the rebels and the Syrian government, so that it is large cities and municipalities.

Soleimani was sometimes killed at the funeral of Iranians In Syria and Iraq , where Iran had provided thousands of soldiers and military advisers.

He also traveled frequently in the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq , where the Iranian influence has grown steadily. If he was killed, he was traveling in a two-convoy-route from the airport of Baghdad, with others, including the Kataib Hezbollah's leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.

Soleimani, was killed in an Air Strike in the vicinity of the airport of Baghdad

In April 2019, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo -designate Iran 's revolutionary Guards and the Quds Force as foreign terrorist organizations.

The trump administration has said the Quds Force , financing, training, weapons and equipment, to provide US with certain terrorist groups in the Middle East - including the Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.

In a statement, The Pentagon said Soleimani was "active in the development of plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and in the region as a whole tire".

"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more," it added.

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Source of news: bbc.com