Bangladesh, Jan. 12 -- The assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a powerful Iraqi militia leader at the Baghdad International airport on January 03 escalated tension between Iran and the United States to a new height. Soleimani was killed a day after the US embassy in Baghdad was stormed by demonstrators who demanded expulsion of US and foreign troops from Iraq.
Soleimani was responsible for planning and execution of insurgencies against the US targets in Iraq. He was also credited to drive out the ISIS forces from their bases in central Iraq. He was the architect of building partnership with the Syrian army in fighting against the re...