Profile
Qasem Soleimani
Commander of the Quds Force
IRGC-Quds Force chief; killed by US strike January 2020
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
1957–2020
Died aged 62
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Summary
Quds Force commander from 1998 until his death in a US drone strike at Baghdad
airport, 3 January 2020. Architect of Iranian proxy networks in Iraq, Syria,
Lebanon, Yemen. Succeeded by Ismail Qaani.
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Personal Timeline
- 1998 — Quds Force Commander
Appointed by Khamenei. - 2020-01-03 — Killed
US drone strike at Baghdad airport.
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1. Origins & Formation
IRGC from Iran-Iraq War; rose through ground forces and intelligence.
2. Rise to Influence
Led Quds Force; built Hezbollah, Iraqi Shia militias, Syrian intervention.
3. Worldview & Inner Logic
Revolutionary Shiism; regional hegemony; anti-American, anti-Israeli.
4. Exercise of Power
Oversaw proxy wars; coordinated with Assad; shaped Iraqi politics.
5. Historical Position
His death escalated US-Iran tensions; Qaani succeeded him.