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Major General haj Qassem Suleimani (Persian: حاج قاسم سلیمانی, born March 11, 1957) is the commander of the Quds Force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which conducts special operations outside Iran. He is listed by the United States as a terrorist, which forbids U.S. citizens from doing business with him. The list, published in the EU's Official Journal on June 24, 2011, also includes a Syrian property firm, an investment fund and two other enterprises accused of funding Assad's government. The list also includes Mohammad Ali Jafari and Hossein Taeb.
Little is known about his early life. It is believed that he was born 11 March 1957 in the village Rabor in province Kerman.
On September 22, 1980 when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran , Qassem Soleimani was a lieutenant in the ranks of the IRGC. However, with the outbreak of hostilities, he became famous, thanks largely to daring reconnaissance operations behind enemy lines. Due to this, he quickly rose...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Iraq goes nuclear with plans for new reactor programme - — Iraq has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, almost 19 years after British and American war planes destroyed Saddam Hussein's last two reactors, the Guardian has learned. — The Iraqi government … |
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