After World War II, intoxicated by victory, the United States of America, in collaboration with Britain and with the aim of dominating and controlling the energy and other resources of the West Asian region, on the one hand, and fostering and managing divisions in the Islamic world, on the other hand, established the Zionist regime of Israel in the heart of the Islamic world and laid the foundations of a malicious and brutal regime in one part of Palestine. In addition, in order to strengthen and support this illegitimate offspring of theirs, the two arrogant governments and their allies resorted to everything they could including equipping the Zionist regime with nuclear power to ensure their military, political, and economic domination over the region.
It was natural for the Muslim nations of the region to stand up in front of this arrogant conspiracy to prevent the separation of a part of the body of the Islamic world, which resulted in the 1948 and 1967 wars, and unfortunately, due to the lack of support from the rulers of the Islamic states, the struggles of the Muslim nations were soon suppressed by the Zionist regime’s war machine.
The 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran and the fall of one of the main allies of America and the Zionist regime, i.e. the Pahlavi dictatorial regime, in addition to injecting the spirit of awakening in Iran and the nations of the region, also shook the foundations of the fake Israeli regime.
In order to counter the inspiring Islamic Revolution, the arrogant governments, imposed a war and extensive sanctions on the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran in parallel with the project of weakening the nations of the region, which is still going on. However, during the past 43 years, despite all the conspiracies against and inflicting major tangible and intangible losses on Iran, The Islamic Revolution has been able to convert the existing threats into opportunities.
Although the eight years of Holy Defense made the Iranian nation experience many bitter events and incidents, it enabled Iran, a country that didn’t even have the ability to manufacture barbed wire, to build and produce long-range precision missiles without any outside support and only by using the capabilities of domestic experts; making the missile and UAV power of the Islamic Republic of Iran a nightmare for the enemies, and forcing them to withdraw their repeated threats of military actions forever.
Of course, the experience of holy defense was not limited to the development of the country’s defense and deterrence capabilities; rather, in the light of the progressive school of Islam under the leadership of Imam Khomeini (RA) and his righteous successor, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, it became the cause of the emergence such devoted Islamic soldiers whose lasting fame has gone beyond the geographical boundaries of Iran and has encompassed the world of Islam and even the world.
Lieutenant General Martyr Qasem Soleimani was one of these great soldiers of the school of Islam, who did not stay home after the holy defense, and by being commissioned new responsibilities in the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he started the fight the conspiracies against the world of Islam and the fake Zionist regime by expanding the resistance front in the region.
However, in parallel with these struggles, Martyr Soleimani never neglected to pay attention to the people of his own nation, constantly tried to solve their problems, and always stood by them. Following the defeat of “ISIS”, which had been created through the ominous conspiracy of the arrogant powers, as a result of all-out efforts of General Soleimani and the militant groups of the resistance movement, that great man and soldier of Islam was assassinated and martyred in a terrorist attack on the morning of January 3, 2020, by the direct order of Donald Trump at the Baghdad airport in order to remove the greatest obstacle to their expansionist desires in the regions. However, the magnificent funeral of General Soleimani in Iran and Iraq, while highlighting the special place of that martyr in the hearts of the Muslim nations of the region, became the cause of new developments in the region in favor of the resistance front perhaps that is why it has been said: “Martyr Soleimani” became more dangerous for the enemy than “General Soleimani”.
The recent developments in Palestine and the Gaza Strip, which took place with the proud operation of the Al-Aqsa Storm by the Palestinian fighting mujahids with the least resources in comparison to the fully armed Zionist regime, are the fruits of the efforts of General Soleimani, which as stated by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution inflicted a hard and “irreparable” blow on the enemy.
It should be remembered that a few months before Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, as per the deceptive “Abraham Accords” the capitals of the Islamic and Arab states were about to fall prey to the conspiracy of normalizing relations with the Zionist regime. But following Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, not only did the diplomats of the Zionist regime not reach the Islamic and Arab capitals, but the embassies of this regime in many countries of the world including Europe and America were shaken, and now Palestine has become the first issue of the world – outside of the world of Islam – and undoubtedly a major part of these victories is due to the efforts of Martyr Qasem Soleimani.
May his soul rest in eternal peace and his path continue.
By: Brigadier General Dr. Ebrahim Golfam, Deputy Chief of Culture and Soft War of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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