americans called him the shadow commander and it was they that killed him. as field commander, there was nothing shadowy or secret about general sulaymani's operations, but his tactic and foiling plots against the middle east or west asia were stealth and speedy. americans were at a loss and admittedly saw no choice but to assassinate him. qasim sulaymani was otherwise known as the murder of quds and it was his mission to see palestine free. he was murdered on january the 3rd of 2020. no one is loved by of all, but in the case of general sulaimani, even his enemies admire him for his war field capabilities, strategic planning, and the will to put those strategies into. action:

hello and welcome to another edition of iran today. today's episode will be centered on the individual characteristics and aspirations of the revered qutz force commander as well as his sacrifices for the region and the world. so please stay with us as we visit general sulaymani's exhibition located in the national museum of the islamic revolution and holy defense, telling the story of resistance and the fight against terrorism. to know more about the character of general sulaymani we talk to former iranian defense minister general hussein.

despite all he had done for the country, despite all his sacrifices for the region, despite his critical role in contemporary history, he had a deep understanding of the situation, and above all he was with people, he was with people when they were happy, when they were sad, when they won, when they failed, he was with people and for people, the capital of occupied palestine from the israeli grip, was the motto of iran's eight-year impo war with iraq, and the irgc's

quds force takes its name and aspiration from that holy city. the most prominent of quod's force commanders happens to have been the very brigadier general qasim soleymani. that is because he brought together forces from all over the region for the fight against israel for al-qods. and he coordinated those forces to pull off his strategy against israel's western backed oc

regime is the main enemy of the muslims, the region and even humanity. you can find the footprints of tel aviv in almost all wars, tensions and insecurity in the region from the eight years of war imposed on iran by saddam hussein to what to the region to the genocide unfolding right now in gaza. add to that separatist movements in the region targeting iran and some other countries in the region which are directed by tel aviv. therefore, the irgc quds forces mission for supporting al quds is in fact a mission to secure peace in the whole region, including iran. we believe that if we don't confront israel, we will be subject to the regimes over and covered threats more than before. it was a winter morning when qasim sulaymani was targeted and killed by a us drone strike near iraq's baghdad international airport. the

then us president trump boasted he had personally ordered the assassination, but many a prominent american admitted that this act was a sign of america's healthness before. also it was a blatant breach of international law, as soleimani was an official military officer of iran. not to mention it was an illegal assassination by america on iraqi soil that is in a third country. general talynik told us that despite the assassinations of general soleymani and abu maahdi al-muhandis, the u.s. failed to achieve its goals. it backfired, we saw that the funeral ceremonies of general sulaymani and abu maahdi al-muhandis in iran and iraq were splendid, millions of people took part in the ceremonies, as a result a wave of anti-american sentiment swept across the

region, moreover, with the assassination of general suleimani, motivations for the expansion of the resistance movement intensified in the region, four years since the... assassination of hajqasim, the resistance movement looks even stronger, as do the popular motivations for confronting hijamanic powers, the israeli regime and terrorism, so the american act of terror backfired. the assassination has just brought disgrace on the united states. the blast didn't kill suleimani alone, it also killed his iraqi counterpart, abu mahdi al-muhandis and their compatriots. contrary to american expectation, the death of a general was not the end of the road. for soleimani's inspiration of souls and soldiers lived as a legacy and a school of military thinking, what is called the sulaymani school in iran. officially a military advisor, he inspired

and trained forces and gave them military infrastructure. an infrastructure that gave way to operation al-aqsa flood against israel this october. years of war, terror and destruction in the region. when general suleimani rushed to help the armed groups in iraq and syria and popular groups in these countries as well as in lebanon, he could put an end to the rule of daesh. this experience can be called a

school. the school of mati sulaimani is in fact a treasure troof of invaluable experiences for popular resistance groups, for military forces and commanders in. how to deal with terrorism, it's also about the general's experience in coordinating between the people and the governments in iraq and syria and in mobilizing popular forces. this is the legacy of general sulaymani. the zinist regime, otherwise known as israel, suffered several embarrassing defeats over the years in its war with the people of the gaza strip. it was also defeated in its 22-day war with gaza and 33-day war with lebanon. such a turn of events shattered design's dream of the so-called greater middle east under israel. even israeli financial, logistical and information support to takfiry terrorist groups in syria and iraq back fired. it simply stood no chance against

the will and belief of the resistance front united under general suleimani. he was literally israel's greatest nightmare, its name. says a thing neither israel nor america could have foreseen when he first took command of the quts force over 25 years ago, much less could they have imagined he would create a front as vast as the resistance front extended all across west asia. iran's former defense minister told us about general soleymani's concerns. هرچه بیشتر قدرتمند. sulaimani was concerned among other things with the fortification of the resistance access, so he did everything within his power for this purpose. it's worth mentioning that the general was not only after arming the access, he was looking for proper forces, those with deep understanding of the concept

of struggle as a whole. he trained, organized and taught them how to have critical thinking, to have insight, to have analysis power, to act promptly and to have a... strategic guideline, general sulaymani did his best to have such forces in the resistance axis, and well, to be fair, he was successful in this regard, and we see the result in the region. suffices to take a look at gaza and what hamas is doing there as an instance. a man of the battlefield general sulaymani's ultimate goal was al-qods. he saw the freeing of the city as holy goal, a goal around which to unite west asian forces to rid the region of any foreign occupation. in boosting his resistance front general soleimani weakened the us and ziness presence in west asia. it was in fighting for al-qud. and the region that he gave his life, so came his well-earned title, the murder of aluds.

general dehqan however said that the murdered commander of quds force was even more than the murder of alqs. described general as the morter of al-quds at the first friday prayer after the general. morter them, he wanted to show the deep affinity between the palestinian people and general suleimani. i dare say that he was the martter of resistance and the martur of islam, something even beyond al-quds. it's true that al-quds is the first qibla of the muslims, and all the muslims across the world wish to see the holy place freed, so when a person like marter sulaimani fights for alts, confronts the israeli regime that seeks to desecrate the holy place, it's quite natural to call. such a person as the morter of al-quds when he does the ultimate sacrifice, but as i

said, qassim was beyond the issue of al-quds, he was the morter of resistance as a whole. sulaimani was believer but also a pragmatist. his holy goal of freeing al quds was also a political security related goal, and he strategically reinforced resistance front forces and boosted their numbers and geopolitical position. and method of operation, the method was to branch out over the region, but to interact and act in coordination in a self-based spiderweb network. it was thanks to his foresight that the palestinian resistance access that had defeated israeli occupiers in 52 days in 2014, took only 48 hours in 2018 to again defeat them, and it was in fact the israeli regime that called for a ceasefire.

means he could have the best use of the military, the artillery, tanks, missiles and so on, but at the same time it means on the battlefield, when he was face to face with the enemy, even then he observed shariah and god's rules. it also means that military victory was not his ultimate goal. for example, he didn't want to liberate mosel any cost, for him the lives of people were of utmost importance. general sulaimani's most significant strategic contribution to the 22-day war is perhaps getting arms to the

gaza strip and breaking the siege of gaza. ziyad alnakale, palestine's islamic jihad secretary general said that what power and positions gaza has acquired, it owes to great efforts by marder sulaymani. getting missiles and armorments to gaza was somewhat a miracle from both technical and security viewpoints. so sulaimani personally made trips to different countries, preplanned and set the grounds to get it done. the missiles were transferred to palestine via syria and those same missiles opened way for attack on tel aviv. of course, the palestinians made changes to the quality of the missiles under supervision of general sulaymani. they even made some missile factories in gaza. qasem soleymani, as a senior military advisor, general sulaimani had invaluable experiences in fighting terrorism and terrorist groups

such as daesh, most of them supported by the israeli regime. general sulaymani was a great hero who stood with the people and armed forces in iraq and syria and played a critical role in defeating daesh. the israeli regime supported such terrorist groups with the aim of undermining the central governments in iraq and syria and making the region. insecure so as to continue with his illegal occupation on palestine and his sporadic incursions into lebanon. by helping the nations in the region, general sulaymani paved away from the destruction of dash and hence dashed the israeli regimes hope. not to forget huge longer term contribution by general qasim sulaymani during the 22-day war was the building of an underground tunnel. making a tunnel that runs under gaza was the idea of two men, according to ahmed abdul

hadi, a political office member of the islamic resistance movement. the two men he named were the martyr. commander emad mogniye and haj qasim soleymani. it's no wonder former us intelligence officer scott richard said that sulaymani was successful general and diplomat who played a better game than americans, that he defeated them every step the game and they had no choice but to kill him. but the million-dollar question is, how did he do it? well, sulaimani drew on two assets, popular support and a resistance network. in one sense it could be said that general sulaymani was a cultural figure so to speak, you could see in him the characteristics of villager by which i mean he was an honest man wishing to help others. he famously said that he didn't want to pick

up arms, but he did in order to defend the oppressed people, he did so to help crying mothers and orphans over the past. two decades since the us invasion of iraq and afghanistan, the region has been in a constant state of insecurity, all to the detriments of the people in the region. we're talking about an enemy that came to the region soly after its own interests, while trampling on the rights of the people, so general sulaimani knew that something had to be done with regard to such a cruel enemy. france must leave mari. france is here to steal the resources of mali, france is here to colonize mali. in our tradition, if there is a broom, it means we don't want anymore, that's why we put a stop to france. the world must understand that africa's misfortune is

france, the authorities, because the french are citizens like us, so we can't hate them, but we hate their authorities. because they've done too much harm to our country and really enough is enough, we have uranium, we have diamonds, we have gold, we have oil and we live like slaves, why should we until when we can't accept it, the french base in niger must leave, there's plenty more to be said, but first a quick media review to give other out it's a chance to get award in. hello and welcome to this edition of news accepts from all across the world. homani says revival of resistance front ows to general sulaimani. leader of the islamic revolution. sayid ali khameneie paid tribute to light iranian commander liwtenant general qasim sulaymani for reviving the front of resistance in the

region. tasnim news agency writes, associating the resistance shown by the people of. against israely unslot for around three months to the existence of the resistance front, the leader said general sulaimani had made a great deal of effort to revive the resistance front in a sincere, prudent, wise and moral manner. marti sulaimani defeated israel's geographical development. mh news writes, one of the most important strategies of the zionist regime in the field of foreign policy is the development of the occupied geography. after the victory of the islamic revolution, the zionist regime was only able to occupy more of palestine by building settlements and failed to occupy more lands in other islamic countries. although this failure had various reasons, the command of the lieutenant general khasem sulaymani in the axis of resistance and fighting against the occupatia regime was one of the major reasons. iran

court orders us to pay $49 billion dollars over. money assassination. almanator writes, an iranian court orders the us government and others to pay billions of dollars in damages over the killing of commander generali demonstrating how his death continues to enrage iranian leadership. the terror and justice department's 55th branch of the legal court of international relations found 42 us plaintifs including us government departments and military units guilty and liable to pay 49.70. 7 billion dollars in damages related to saligmani's death, the payments are to be used to compensate those who suffer damages in relation to his killing. that's it from me, thank you so much. much for being with us and bye-bye. another invaluable measure taken during sulaimani's command of the quod's force was increasing numbers of resistance

groups in the region. they once existed only in palestine and lebanon, but geopolitical planning in the sulaymani era meant these resistance groups would also be posted in syria, iraq and yemen, and they are influential wherever they are posted. the ansarulah are. now the most organized political player in yemen and have succeeded in forming national salvation government in sana. it's not just numbers. it's a matter of increasing inspired troops and groups that are united and uniform and act as an interconnected network. this happened, which is why the movement has lived to act effectively. in palestine, new generation of resistance groups has arisen to extend operations into occupy. territories. in iraq, number of groups are out to expel american military men from that country. yemanese have demonstrated solidarity with gaza by

targeting israeli ships and ships headed for the occupied lands with missiles and iraqi resistance groups have reacted to us support of israel with continual attacks on us bases in iraq. general dehan said marder sulaymani was a cosmopolitan figure, a man with humanitary. not confine himself to one land, one generation, one race or color, one language or even one religion. if you ask the christians of lebanon, if you ask the izadis of iraq, they will tell you that haj qasem was their defender, their supporter and their savior, the person who saved them from the grip of daesh, a terrorist. group supported by the zionists. well, general sulaimani was present everywhere on the battlefield. it's quite natural for him to be a popular figure, because he would risk his life for people,

and he would do so without any expectations from them. when takferi daesh terrorists reached the gates of baghdad, general sulaymani wasted no time in responding to iraq's call for help. nurial maliki, the then iraqi prime minister, professed that it was armaments from iran. that saved the day as the world abandoned iraq in desperate times. sulaimani helped fight daesh hands on. his influence and constant presence in iraq proved useful. and in syria he was almost murdered several times in the fight against daesh. it all paid off as daesh's physical presence is almost no more and the syrian government is almost intact contrary to us and israeli plans. marter sulaymani was preoccupied with serving humanity, if he fought against terrorist groups like daesh, it was not just because they were a threat to

the region, he in fact fought the mindset that gives birth to terrorist groups such as daesh, mindset set to destroy humanity and world culture, when they carried out an operation, they targeted humans, cultural, heritage and historical sites all together, they didn't just kill... or just capture women and children, but they wanted to destroy everything related to culture and religion, and therefore confronting them was in fact serving humanity, so general sulaimani deserves his title as the senior international resistance commander. in lebanon's 33-day war of 2006, sulaimani was at the front with h commanding the war except for few days. no part of south. lebanon got away with israel's air and artillery strikes, but it was a win for lebanon. the grounds for this win were set a time before the year 2000

when sulaimani put on his agenda the support for the resistance in lebanon against israely regime. in short, the qud's force achievements and contributions during general sulaymani's era include victory against the enemy for the islamic resistance movements in the region, messing up. the enemy's security, political and military equations, creating resistance centers in different countries, formation and fortification of a resistance access narrative, but why did the resistance access came into being? with a us allied attack on iraq in the name of weapons of mass destruction that were never found, the balance of power in the middle east was thrown off center. until before that, the key players were iran, iraq and saudi arabia with rivalry focus on the persian gulf. with power equations thrown off palalons in the face of foreign invader, new regional coalition of

forces was formed. that is the resistance access with iran its heart. this access changed security interactions in the region. the iranian arm of the axis was the quds force with soleimani its helm. to reshape and maintain security equations, he brought diplomacy to the battlefield. his diplomatic exchanges were with all effective groups and personalities of any creed, culture and country in order to form necessary alliances in. maintaining regional stability while safeguarding the interests of the islamic republic of iran. for help in fighting daeshh in syria, general sulaymani managed to rally resistance movements from pakistan, afghanistan, india, the horn of africa, yemen, north africa and south of the mediterranean. he arranged them as separate brigades to dispatch to syria. he even got to talk russia into helping the syrian

government. defeat daesh and secure syrian sovereignty. his fight may have begone with defending al quds for the sake of palestine. according to sulaymani, anyone hearing the call of palestine and not rushing to its aid is no muslim, but ultimately freeing palestine ensures the safety of the region at large. as the zinest goal was once conquest from the nail to the euphrades and now is division of the middle east. that's all for today, thank you for watching from the whole team, please do join us again next week and each week after, don't forget to send us your comments and topic requests, you can also follow us on instagram, facebook and x. till next time, take care!

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