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Quds Force

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CommanderEsmail Ghaani
Coordinator Deputy CommanderAhmad Sabouri
Founded1980
Headquarters locationTehran, Iran
Branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Engagements Iran–Iraq War
Syrian civil war
1982 Lebanon War
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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The Quds Force is a unit in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations.

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... " The head of Iran s elite Quds Force - the Revolutionary Guards overseas operations arm - Gen Esmail Qaani, declared that Iran will continue to back any anti-US or anti-Israel movement anywhere after the US, to the shock of much of the world, killed his predecessor Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in January 2020...

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Soleimani: Huge crowds pack of Tehran for the commander's funeral

Feb 16,2020 9:56 am

Huge numbers of people on The Streets of the Iranian capital city of Tehran is Packed for The Funeral of military commander Qasem Soleimani .

Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Friday on the orders of President Donald Trump .

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei led prayers and at one point seen, was about to cry.

Iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the death of Soleimani on Sunday returned from the year 2015 nuclear drive.

Soleimani, 62, under the leadership of Iran's elite Quds Force and was entrusted with the task, the protection and the strengthening of Iran's influence in the Middle East .

He supports the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war supported the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in Iraq of militias against the Islamic state group.

The United States saw Him as a terrorist, and President Trump said Soleimani was plotting "imminent" attacks on American diplomats and military.

In Iran, Soleimani was celebrated as a national hero and widely regarded as the second most powerful man in the Country , behind the Supreme leader Khamenei.

But not all the Iranians are so desperate about The General 's death, as the mourners lined The Streets of Tehran, says BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen .

Soleimani was a hardliner and a dominant force in a regime shot dead scores of protesters, at the end of 2019. He spent large sums in building links and militias in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria at a time when the U.S. sanctions, impoverish, says that Many Iranians, our correspondent.

What happens in the case of Soleimani's funeral?

state television showed large crowds in Tehran for The Event . It put The Number of those this has to be tested in the "millions", though.

Some people wept, while others clutched photos of the deceased commander. Mourners pass to Soleimani, the coffin above their heads and "death to America" - to hear chants were.

His daughter Soleimani, warned US that it was a "black day Zeinab".

"don't trump Crazy, believe that everything is over with My Father 's martyrdom," She Said . Many in Iran saw Soleimani as a hero Among those, there were Esmail Ghaani, the new head of the Quds

Soleimani, then you have been to Qom, one of the centres of Shia Islam , where huge crowds gathered for a ceremony.

The General was buried in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday.

what is the reaction of Iran for The Killing ?

for the year 2015 the nuclear Deal . The offer is limited Iran's nuclear capabilities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Three European parties on The Deal - Germany , France and the UK urged Iran to comply with its conditions.

Also on Sunday, to leave the Iraqi members of a non-binding resolution, the foreign troops passed.

the US armed forces were invited to help in the Iraq in the year 2014, the defeat of the Islamic state group, and there are around 5,000 in the Country .

the new head of the Iranian Quds Force has vowed to refer to the US from the Middle East .

Meanwhile, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says an Iranian official said to Him that he substantiated assertion that the Iraq, that Soleimani was an Iranian response to the Saudi peace Overture.

responds to the trombone?

the Following warnings from Iran, Mr Trump said that the United States would respond in the case of the retaliation for Soleimani's death, "perhaps in a disproportionate way".

It's again a threat for the opponents of Iran's cultural Holte heritage, say, the US would be able to strike values "very fast and very hard," if Tehran is attacked, the Americans or the USA assets.

President Trump also threatened severe sanctions against Iraq if the US left troops.

"We have a very extraordinary expensive airbase, what it is. There are billions of dollars that it costs to build. We are not leaving unless you pay us back for it," he told reporters.

The President on Monday responded to Iran's decision to no longer abide by the nuclear Deal , tweeting: "Iran never gets a nuclear bomb!"

How did others react?

A Number of political leaders from all over The World have called for restraint, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel , French President Emmanuel Macron , and the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a joint statement.

Nato's governing Council met to discuss on Monday on The Crisis and made a similar call. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Nato stopped its training operation in Iraq as a preventive measure for the protection of personnel.

He said the decision to kill Soleimani, was from the United States, but all Nato members had shown "strong unity" and expressed concern about Iran's "destabilising actions in the region".

the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres , urged restraint, saying: "Geopolitical tensions are at their highest level in This Century . "

Mrs Merkel will travel to Russia This Week for talks with President Vladimir Putin .

markets remained turbulent. Brent crude at $70(£53) crowned a barrel on Monday for the First Time since September.

votes from Iran

The BBC's Persian service who seeks to kill the views of the Iranians on Soleimani.

"the Soleimani, there is a fate is earned. He did a lot for Iran, in order to protect This Country . Our enemies have attacked us in the last four decades, and he tried to save the Country ," - Paniz (f)

"Soleimani was no hero, in my opinion, he was a soldier and overrated, the device. People are too emotional about Him ," - Erfan (m)

What are Iran's most important cultural sites?

The proposal, the U. S. could the Iran the cultural sites, in addition to the alarm triggered, the in Iran and beyond. Such a measure could be considered A War crime under International Law .

Iran is the home of two dozen Unesco world heritage site. These are sites that the UN cultural organisation, with a view to the preservation of their cultural, historical or scientific importance. These include:

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