The funeral ceremony of General Qasem Soleimani drew million people on to the squares of Tehran, the massive public gathering ended in the fateful stampede earlier in the morning lead to the death of 40 people in the Iranian Capital. The madness that unleashes by the people for the last sight of their beloved General sum up the what flamboyant and luminary figure he was for Iran and its people.

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The story of General Soleimani beings on the set of Iranian Islamic Revolution, he hails from the low-income family, used to do a construction job in the city called “Kerman” situated south-west of Iran. Soleimani by education just had a high-school diploma and got fascinated by the Islamic Revolution that was taking place on the faith that this Islamic revolution will uplift and empower the low oppressed and low-income class in Iran that had been sidelined due to pro-western monarchy of the Shah. Soon Soleimani gets the job at the local water plant and volunteers for the local units of the “Revolutionary Guard” and impressed everyone as potential Military man.

Next, when the time Iran was in war with Iraq, he was already a commander for more than 8 years and by the end of the war, he designated as commander of “Special Quds force” ( A specialized military unit of Iran Revolutionary Guards). Iran set up the Quds forces with the ambition to create the para-military in the region to export the Idea of the “Shia Islamic revolution” outside the border in the region

"Islamic Theocracy” in Iran was the first time that Shia government came to power in the middle east, the rivalry of Shia and Sunnis is well known and goes back to early days of Islam, where Shias always remain a minority in the faith where Saudi Arabia emerge and custodian of the Sunni faith and Iran always from centuries wanted to be a Protector of Shias. After the coming of Theocracy, Iran achieved its ambition and started looking beyond with the idea to expand the Idea of Shia dominance across the Middle East region and the man who charged with responsibility was General Soleimani.

Soleimani was instrumental in elevating Iran’s strategy in the region through proxy militias groups, he started with “Lebanon”, the country had established militias groups like “Hezbollah”, he helped them to fight the against Israelis soldiers occupation inside Lebanon and supported the other battles they fought. General Soleimani also engaged with Palestinian militants groups like “Hamas” whose jihad and the Islamic Republic ideology matches Iran. He helps these militias in coming up with battlefield plans and dispatched and arranged funds for these groups, he too provides weapon and money, he gains the image of a shadow commander where he is everywhere but nowhere.

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Iran’s adopted strategy succeeded but to the just to extend to the Meditterian with Lebanon and Palestine territory. But that changed in 2003 with the “US invasion to Iraq”. Until the Invasion of the US, Iraq was ruled by the Saddam Hussein Sunni dominated regime, and Shias of Iraq was marginalized. The elimination of “Saddam Hussein” gave rise to Shia figures who always aligned to Iran. Iran seeks the opportunity, Iran started to make more strong contact and relationship with Shias and penetrated the Iraqi Society. And General Soliemani again was the leading man in the new ambition. This influence from Iran really anxious the Sunnis of Iraq who still believes that US invasion actually gifted Iraq on a golden platter to Iran

General Soliemani again came forward to make the best use of this golden opportunity inside Iraq and he helped in creating Shias militias recruit, he found new allies and got ties with politicians, likes religious men and other militias group who favored Iran, these militias regularly carry out an attack on Americas and its allies assets including civilians. Iran supported the “Bashar Al-Assad” and saved his regime when the Civil war broke out in Syria back in the 2011 regime in Syria when the Syrian civil war broke out in Iran, “Bashar Al-Assad” and its supporters are the offshoots of Shia Islam. General Soliemani used his existing influence in Iraq from land to air to fight for the “Bashar Al-Assad” Regime, from weapons to trained soldiers who were transported to Syria by Iraq. This made Iraq the geographical extension of Iran. Then the ISIS enters the game.

The sudden rise ISIS was seen as an existential threat to Iran and its Shia ideologue regime because ISIS represents the extreme version of Sunni Islam. General Soleimani came to rescue again and used old tactics against ISIS he rushed to Iraq did what he is best known for- recruitment of volunteers a resemblance of ground forces, and joined the US and Iraq led armies to battle against ISIS. The ISIS episode made Soliemani from an unknown commander to a very much household name. Iran came forward to counter ISIS propaganda machinery by projecting General Soleimani as the force and symbol of resistance so people can assume him a warrior figure against the ISS. His pictures started to coming regularly in the media where he was seen leading in the battlegrounds, videos of him visiting injured soldiers. He became the hero figure in the region at the level where his face printed t-shirts and posters became favorite in the markets of Beirut and Damascus.

The previous administration in the US knew about him but never took any action in the care not escalating any tensions but Trump administration broke out the Nuclear deal and hustling was seen in his assassination suggests Trump administration was unaware of the stature of the Soliemani in the region they very much unaware his hero worship in Iran. He saved Iran in the worst time around from any unrest, disturbance, beheadings, bombs to missile attacks, for Iranian and Shia people around the middle east he was a hero and remains a celebrated martyr.