Terrorists Only Beneficiary of Gen. Soleimani’s Assassination

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group was the “only beneficiary” of the cowardly US assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
In a tweet on the first anniversary of General Soleimani’s martyrdom on Sunday, the top diplomat said “the terrorist-in-chief”, a clear allusion to the lame-duck US president, Donald Trump, cowardly assassinated the number one enemy of extremist terrorists, ISNA reported.
Zarif pointed to massive ceremonies held across the region to commemorate General Soleimani’s passing, reminding that “the only beneficiary of his murder is Daesh [the Arabic acronym of IS], which has only increased its activity since”.
General Soleimani, who commanded the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was admired as the Middle East’s most influential and charismatic counterterrorism leader. He played a key role in helping Iraq and Syria defeat militants, chiefly IS, in late 2017.
The top commander was assassinated on January 3, 2020, in a drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport on the direct order of Trump.
His Iraqi ally Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, along with several others accompanying Soleimani, were also killed when their convoy was hit.