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Commander of the Qods Force, the special operations division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force also serves as a conduit for Iranian support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID);
Has reportedly orchestrated terrorist attacks in Thailand, India, Nigeria, and Kenya. Reportedly organized Iraqi militias to conduct attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq. Assisted Hezbollah in a kidnapping of Israeli soldiers in 2006. Oversaw the Qods Force officers involved in a 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C.;
Qassem Soleimani threatened U.S. President Donald Trump to destroy U.S. bases and that his forces are near him;
Also Known As:
Qassam Soleimani
Ghassem Soleimani
Ghasem Soleymani
Qassem Soleimani
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon program
Military Weapon Program
Born:
March 11, 1957
Died:
Jan 3, 2020, near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq
Qassem Soleimani killed in U.S. air strike on Baghdad airport
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran
Iranian diplomatic passport:
008827
Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on October 25, 2007, freezing his assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity are subject to U.S. sanctions;
» Identified as a “key person” of the IRGC in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747 of March 24, 2007, which lists entities of proliferation concern; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze the financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the person, by his agents, or by entities he controls; the designation also requires states to ensure that funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the listed person;
» Listed by the European Union on March 24, 2007 as a person linked to the IRGC; with some exceptions, European Union member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed person, and prevent funds or economic resources from being made available to him;
» Brigadier General Qassam Soleimani:
» Reportedly assisted Hezbollah;
» Organized Iraqi militias to conduct attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq;
» Assisted Hezbollah in a kidnapping of Israeli soldiers in 2006;
» Oversaw the Qods Force officers involved in a 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C.;