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Events on Monday 11 March 1957 1
1957 – 2020Qassem Soleimani (1957-2020)Died 3 January 2020, aged 62Qassem Soleimani commanded Iran's elite Quds Force and was widely seen as the architect of Iran's regional military strategy across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. He was killed by a US drone strike near Baghdad airport on 3 January 2020.