Editing Qasem Soleimani (section)

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|Box title = Qasem Soleimani
|Image = Qasem Soleimani with Zolfaghar Order (cropped).jpg
|fullname = Qasem Soleimani
|alias = Qassem<br>Qassim<br>The Shadow Commander<br>Haj Qasem
|origin = Qanat-e Malek, Kerman, Imperial State of Iran
|occupation = Major General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<br>
Commander of the Quds Force
|skills = Military training<br>Very high intelligence
|hobby = Proxy warfare
|goals = Serve the Islamic Republic Of Iran (succeeded)<br>Expand Iran’s influence in the Middle East via proxy warfare|crimes = [[Christophobia]]<br>[[Atheophobia]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Mass murder]] (including [[child murder]])<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Biphobia]]<br>[[Transphobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Ableism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Persecution of Buddhists]]<br>[[Arabophobia]]<br>
|type of villain = Terroristic Warlord
}}
{{quote|Dear General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qassem Suleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, and Afghanistan. And indeed, the ambassador in Baghdad is a Quds Force member. The individual who's going to replace him is a Quds Force member.|Soleimani in a letter to CIA director David Petraeus.}}
'''Qasem Soleimani''' (March 11<sup>th</sup>, 1957 – January 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2020) was an Iranian general who was the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, the branch of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) which dealt with proxy warfare. He has often named the mastermind of Iranian proxy warfare in the Middle East, thus, expanding Iran’s influence in the region. Sources have also called him the ''de facto'' second most powerful person in Iran after Supreme Leader [[Ali Khamenei]], whom he had a close relationship with.

Soleimani began his military career in the late 1970s at the time of the Revolution and right before the Iran-Iraq War, fighting against [[Ba'ath Party|Ba'athist]] Iraq under [[Saddam Hussein]]. In 1998, he became the head of the Quds Force. He provided support to [[Hezbollah]] in Lebanon as well as supported [[Bashar al-Assad]] in Syria, fighting against [[ISIS]] as well as Syrian opposition. His army also armed the [[Houthis]] in Yemen. Soleimani also armed Baloch separatists in Balochistan around the border of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.