Iran: Who was General Qassem Soleimani? Iran's military leader killed in Trump ordered US airstrike

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Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, was in the eyes of the US a shadowy figure who was responsible for the deaths of American troops in Iraq.

The 62-year-old was amongst up to seven killed in the early hours of Friday at Baghdad International Airport in a military operation approved by Donald Trump.

General Soleimani was head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, which was responsible for the Islamic Republic's foreign campaigns.

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