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Iran marks third year since US assassination of Soleimani

IRGC again vows vengeance against "the global arrogance and the Zionist regime."

Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani receives a medal from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani receives a medal from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

The Islamic Republic of Iran on Tuesday marked three years since the United States drone strike that killed the commander of its overseas shadow unit, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

The late Quds Force commander, who was killed in a vehicle leaving Baghdad Airport, was close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and played a strategic role in Iran’s entrenchment efforts throughout the Middle East. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi paramilitary commander backed by Tehran, was also killed in the 2020 strike in Baghdad.

Soleimani has been replaced by his deputy, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, who has attempted to continue to implement his strategy of arming Tehran-backed terror proxies and using them to spread Iranian influence.

“We will continue the path of Soleimani. We will remove the U.S. from the region in several steps. The supreme leader backs this. God has promised to revenge Soleimani’s assassination. There will be definitely some actions,” Ghaani said, according to a report by i24.

Iran retaliated two days later by firing 12 ballistic missiles at Ain al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar Province, which housed U.S. troops, wounding at least 110 service members in the largest ballistic missile attack ever against American forces.

The IRGC has vowed that it will continue to seek vengeance for the death of the Revolutionary Guard commander.

“Martyr Soleimani was an exemplary figure in the face of the enemies because of his revolutionary acts and deep belief in the almighty God. His thoughts and deeds opened a path, which is called ‘Martyr Soleimani’s School of Thought,’ to stand against the global arrogance and the Zionist regime,” the IRGC said in a statement on Monday, according to the Revolutionary Guard-managed Fars News Agency.

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