- Title: Baghdad marks 5th death anniversary of Soleimani and al-Muhandis
- Date: 2nd January 2025
- Summary: Baghdad marks 5th death anniversary of Soleimani and al-Muhandis SHOTLIST: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JAN. 2, 2024) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD MEMBERS’ BANNERS / PEOPLE WALKING AROUND 2. PEOPLE MARCHING WITH POSTERS OF IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD MEMBERS 3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLES 4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AROUND MONUMENT 5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLES SCRIPT A commemoration ceremony was held in Baghdad on Thursday, Jan. 2, to honor Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, and Abu-Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). During the ceremony near Baghdad International Airport, candles were lit to commemorate the deceased. On Jan. 3, 2020, Soleimani and al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike near Baghdad. Soleimani's convoy, invited to Baghdad by then-Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdulmehdi, was targeted by a missile fired from a US military drone. In the attack, 10 people, including Soleimani, Iranian officers, and al-Muhandis, lost their lives.
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