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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.

— Qasem Soleimani

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Quoted in "Soleimani, a General Who Became Iran Icon by Targeting US". The Associated Press

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