{"id":1198917,"date":"2022-01-08T04:04:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198917"},"modified":"2022-01-08T04:04:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:04:52","slug":"statue-of-iranian-terror-chief-qasem-soleimani-torched-hours-after-being-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/statue-of-iranian-terror-chief-qasem-soleimani-torched-hours-after-being-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Iranian Terror Chief Qasem Soleimani Torched Hours After Being Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstatue-of-iranian-terror-chief-qasem-soleimani-torched-hours-after-being-unveiled%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qassem-Soleimani-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Iran\u2019s effort to deify terrorist mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani on the second anniversary of his death in a U.S. airstrike hit a snag Thursday when a statue of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander was set on fire by persons unknown within hours of its unveiling in the southwestern city of Shahrekord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statue, which portrayed Soleimani as a towering, visionary leader, was <\/span><span>set <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rferl.org\/a\/iran-soleimani-statue-torched\/31642861.html\"><span>ablaze<\/span><\/a><span> on the evening of the same day it was revealed to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ResistanceUnits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ResistanceUnits<\/a> in the city of Shahrekord (population over 200K) in central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> torched the statue of terror master Qassem <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Soleimani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Soleimani<\/a> this evening, only hours after it was unveiled in the first square of the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> continue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hh5VQ3Qj4Y\">pic.twitter.com\/hh5VQ3Qj4Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1478875373408595968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThis treacherous crime was carried out in darkness, just like the other crime committed at night at Baghdad airport,\u201d fumed local cleric Mohammad Ali Nekounam, referring to the January 3, 2020, drone strike that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/01\/02\/quds-force-leader-qassem-soleimani-blow-iranian-regime\/\"><span>liquidated<\/span><\/a><span> Soleimani while he was organizing terrorist attacks against Americans in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iranian state broadcaster IRIB condemned the destruction of the statue as \u201cinsulting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><span>National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/span><span> (NCRI), an opposition group of Iranian expatriates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-resistance\/iran-resistance-units-torch-qassem-soleimanis-statue-in-shahrekord-hours-after-unveiling\/\">devoted<\/a> to overthrowing the theocratic regime, on Thursday claimed \u201cresistance units\u201d destroyed the statue of \u201cmass murderer\u201d Soleimani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite Iran\u2019s frequent claims to the contrary, Soleimani\u2019s status as a legitimate military target has never been seriously disputed. Iraqi Shiite militia coordinated by the IRGC general launched several rocket attacks on bases housing U.S. personnel in the weeks before his death. One of those attacks killed a civilian U.S. military contractor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before that, Soleimani was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/01\/02\/qassem-soleimani-killed-hundreds-of-americans-before-trump-ordered-his-assassination\/\"><span>responsible<\/span><\/a><span> for organizing attacks that killed hundreds of Americans deployed to Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iran <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/01\/03\/iran-marks-death-of-terror-chief-soleimani-with-threats-anti-u-s-rallies\/\"><span>marked<\/span><\/a><span> both the first and second anniversaries of Soleiman\u2019s death with state-organized commemorative events and belligerent threats to avenge him. On Monday, two armed \u201csuicide drones\u201d were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/drone-shot-down-baghdad-soleimani-revenge\/\"><span>intercepted<\/span><\/a><span> while attacking a base housing U.S. troops located near the civilian airport in Baghdad. One of the drones had the words \u201cSoleimani\u2019s Revenge\u201d written on the side.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s effort to deify terrorist mastermind Gen. 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