Counter Extremism Project Resources: Ismail Ghaani Appointed New IRGC Quds Force Leader to Replace Soleimani
January 04, 2020
January 04, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release:
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- Appointment Comes After U.S. Missile Airstrike In Baghdad
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Following the death of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force leader Major General Qasem Soleimani--who was killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020--Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quickly appointed Brigadier Genera . . .
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- Appointment Comes After U.S. Missile Airstrike In Baghdad
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Following the death of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force leader Major General Qasem Soleimani--who was killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020--Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quickly appointed Brigadier Genera . . .