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Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani during a 2016 meeting in Tehran.
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PersonExternal ties & fallout4 relationships
Relationship to TrumpIranian military official targeted under Trump's presidential command authoritylegal · political / 1 source

Status

  1. Deceasedlife / 2020-01-03–2020-01-032 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to TrumpIranian military official targeted under Trump's presidential command authority

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  2. 2020 Soleimani strike order

    death examined in non-adjudicative legal analyses

    legalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesreported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    directed strike that killed

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  4. Donald J. Trump

    killed in Trump-directed U.S. strike

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented

Record timeline

  1. The Trump-directed Baghdad strike kills Qasem SoleimaniSoleimani was killed in the January 3, 2020 Baghdad strikekilled in Trump-directed U.S. strike · documented · 2 sources
  2. Trump directs the U.S. strike targeting Qasem SoleimaniTrump directed the Baghdad strike carried out on January 3, 2020Iranian military official targeted under Trump's presidential command authority · documented · 1 source
  3. Trump ordered the Baghdad strike that killed Soleimani; a UN expert found the stated legal basis wantingStrike completed; UN expert analysis remains non-adjudicative.directed strike that killed · documented · 1 source

    1 strike eventCross-border uses of force

  4. UN mandate-holder and independent legal analysis dispute the Soleimani strike's legal basisNon-adjudicative legal analysisdeath examined in non-adjudicative legal analyses · reported · 2 sources