Qasem Soleimani: Difference between revisions

Qasem Soleimani was assassinated on [[Jumada I 7]], [[1441]]/[[January 3]], [[2020 CE|2020]], together with [[Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes]], deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Forces of Iraq, as well as some others, by the American forces near Baghdad airport in their car.

Soleimani's martyrdom led to waves of protest in different countries throughout the world, and many [[mourning ceremonies]] were held for him in different cities in Iran and other countries.

[[Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah]] (the Secretary General of Hezbollah), [[Sayyid Abd al-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi|Sayyid Abd al-Malik al-Houthi]] (the leader of Ansar Allah in Yemen), and the presidents of [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Iraq]], and [[Turkey]] were among other non-Iranian political figures who condemned the assassination of Soleimani. Moreover, prime ministers of many foreign countries expressed their sympathy with Iran and condemned America's crime. Agnès Callamard, the Special Rapporteur at the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), announced the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes to be illegal and a violation of international law. Ervand Abrahamian, the American historian, also stated that Iranians used to regard the US as a conspiring government against them but from now on they will consider it a terrorist government. Michael Moore, the American film-maker, also objected to the assassination and implied that the American Government was warmonger.  

After the martyrdom of Soleimani and al-Muhandes, a number of Iraqi people and political groups called for ousting the American forces from Iraq and thus the Iraqi parliament ratified on [[January 5]], 2020 the expelling of the Americans. It is noteworthy that prior to that and after the Americans attacked the bases of the Popular Mobilization Forces, several people and groups had demanded the American forces to be ousted. [[Ayatullah Sayyid Kazim Ha'iri]] also had issued a [[fatwa]], declaring the prohibition of allowing the American forces to stay in Iraq.  

In the early hours of January 5, 2020, Iran's IRGC launched several ballistic missiles at Ain al-Asad, a major air base used mainly by American forces, as well as another American air base in [[Erbil]] in retaliation for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.

The [[burial ceremonies]] of Qasem Soleimani together with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes and other martyrs were held on [[January 4]], 2020 in [[Baghdad]], [[Karbala]], and [[Najaf]] with the presence of Iraqi political and religious figures and many other people. Afterwards, the bodies were taken to Iran, and the burial ceremonies were held with the presence of millions of people in [[Ahwaz]] and [[Mashhad]] on January 5, 2020 and in [[Tehran]] and [[Qom]] on [[January 6]], 2020. Then, the final ceremony was held on [[January 7]], in [[Kerman]], where Soleimani was buried.