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Qasem Soleimani Quotes

1957–2020 Iran

Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی, born 11 March 1957 - 3 January 2020) was an Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations.

Iran
Military leaders
Shia muslims

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When I see the children of the Martyrs, I want to smell their scent, and I lose myself.

The Syrian Army is useless! Give me one brigade of the Basij, and I could conquer the whole country.

He is simple when you talk to him.

We’re not like the Americans. We don’t abandon our friends.

I entered the [Iran-Iraq] war on a fifteen-day mission, and ended up staying until the end. … We were all young and wanted to serve the revolution.

One type of paradise that is portrayed for mankind is streams, beautiful nymphs and greeneries. But there is another kind of paradise. ... The warfront was the lost paradise of the human beings, indeed.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Qasem Soleimani (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.