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Qassem Soleimani Foundation will fund terrorist organizations around the world and support terrorist who vowed revenge for the killing of Soleimani;
Qassem Soleimani foundation will also promote Soleimani’s thoughts and beliefs as well as preserve and publish his works, according to the letter. It is unclear when the foundation was founded or how much budget has been allocated for it. There had been no mention of the foundation prior to the news of Zeinab Soleimani’s appointment on 05/09/2020;
Zeinab Soleimani has been appointed as the head of the foundation by Khamenei;
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed the outspoken daughter of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani as the head of a newly established foundation named after the commander. State media carried a letter from a Khamenei representative congratulating Zeinab Soleimani on her appointment as the head of the “Qassem Soleimani Foundation.”
Qassem Soleimani, who headed the Quds Force – the overseas arms of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – was killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport in January, 2020;
Soleimani’s daughter, Zeinab, is an American citizen and came under the spotlight following her father’s assassination, calling for revenge in numerous media appearances – Zeinab Soleimani threatens families of US soldiers: They ‘will spend days waiting for death of their children’;
The daughter of the slain Iranian Commander, General Qassem Soleimani in January met with Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whom she had called “uncle Nasrallah” during her father’s funeral in Tehran earlier in January. A few days later she delivered a speech at Soleimani’s funeral in Tehran in which she called on Nasrallah, Yemeni Houthi rebel leader Abdalmalek Houthi and Syrian President Bashar Assad to take revenge for the fatal attack on her father, calling them her “uncles”. This was the first time ever a woman had addressed a prayer congregation led by Khamenei;
Established:
2020
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran, Iran
Person of interests:
Zeinab Soleimani
Reason for the color:
» Canadian Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under: Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations;
» Soleimani’s daughter heads new terror foundation named after him;