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QASEM SOLEIMANI

• The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian  military operations in the Middle East as  head of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
• He was killed at Baghdad airport, alongside  local Iran-backed militias

IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS

• A branch of the Iranian Armed Forces,  founded after the Iranian Revolution on 22 April 1979
• The Chief Commander of the Guardians  since 2019 is Hossein Salami

ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

QUDS FORCE

• A unit in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)  directed to carry out unconventional warfare  and intelligence activities and is responsible for  extraterritorial operations.
• It was commanded by Major General Qasem  Soleimani until he was killed by a U.S.-  sanctioned military air strike at Baghdad  International Airport on 3 January 2020.

WHY DID THE USA ATTACK?

• The IRGC is designated as a  terrorist organization by the  governments of Bahrain, Saudi  Arabia and the United States.

WHAT LED TO THE ATTACK

• The 2019 Iraqi protests, also named the Tishreen Revolution

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