Qassem Suleimani

Qassem Suleimani

Infobox Military Person
name=Qassem Suleimani


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born=March 11, 1957
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placeofbirth=Qom, Iran
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allegiance=Iran
branch=Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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rank=Brigadier General
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commands=Quds Force
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Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani (born March 11, 1957) is the commander of Quds Force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He is listed by the United States as a terrorist, which forbids U.S. citizens from doing business with him.cite news|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/32141.html|title=Iranian who brokered Iraqi peace is on U.S. terrorist watch list|publisher=McClatchy Newspapers|date=March 31, 2008|accessdate=2008-04-07] cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/94193.htm|title=Designation of Iranian Entities and Individuals for Proliferation Activities and Support for Terrorism|publisher=United States Department of State|date=October 25, 2007|accessdate=2008-04-07] In March 2007, he was included on a list of Iranian individuals targeted with sanctions in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747. [cite web|url=http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/281/40/PDF/N0728140.pdf?OpenElement|title=United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747|publisher=United Nations|date=24 March, 2007|accessdate=2008-04-07] Suleimani helped arrange a ceasefire between the Iraqi Army and Mahdi Army in March 2008.

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