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• Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was killed in an airstrike launched by the US on Friday morning. 
• Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force, a faction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps in Iran. 
• Soleimani was instrumental in Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East over the last decade, particularly during the Syrian civil war and the fight against ISIS in Iraq. 
• The general was revered in Iran to an extent totally unheard of in the modern West. Iranians idolized him in the way that Americans looked up to World War II generals like George Patton, and Brits admired the Duke of Wellington.
• From his humble beginnings on a farm in Kerman to a seat in Iran’s elite inner circle, here is everything you need to know about his life and rise to power.
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Early Friday morning the US launched a military strike on Baghdad airport, killing top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. 

As the commander of the Quds Force, he was considered to have been one of the most powerful figures in Iran, and played a prominent role in Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East over the last decade. 

Soleimani was revered by ordinary Iranians in a way that would be almost inconceivable to people in the modern West.

Iranians idolized him in the way that Americans looked up to World War II generals like George Patton, and Brits admired 19th century military leaders like the Duke of Wellington.

His death has led to the announcement of three days of mourning in the country, and one military commander was so moved by his death that he broke down in tears on live television after learning the news. 

Despite his elite status in the Iranian political system, Soleimani came from very humble beginnings. 

From growing up on a farm in Kerman to heading the Quds Force faction of the IRGC, here is everything you need to know about Soleimani’s life, rise to power, and ultimate death.