Why Qasem Soleimani was seen as an important and irreplaceable military figure in Iran?
Soleimani, a discreet man, came to the attention of the US following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.
This file handout photo released on March 27, 2015 by the official website of the Centre for Preserving and Publishing the Works of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him with the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, Gen. Qasem Soleimani , attending a religious ceremony in Tehran to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the daughter of Prophet Mohammed.
“Soleimani has taught us that death is the beginning of life, not the end of life”, one Iraqi militia commander said.
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