TEHRAN -- The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the occupying regime of Israel is on the decline in West Asia, hailing the role of Martyr Qassem Soleimani in consolidating the resistance front in the strategic region.
“Today, the Axis of Resistance has the upper hand against the Zionist regime,” Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani told the 24th Supreme Assembly of Commanders of the IRGC here, highlighting the decline of the Zionist regime in the region.
“Israel the usurper is in a difficult situation both from inside and outside. Recently, there have been 15 to 30 daily attacks by the resistance forces against the Zionist regime in the West Bank,” he said.
Qa’ani said the United States spent $7 trillion in Iraq but achieved “nothing except humiliation.”
The commander praised General Soleimani’s sacrifices and his “exemplary” counter-terrorism efforts in the region.
“Martyr Soleimani was not a person but a school and a lightened path that the enemies could not stand,” Qa’ani said, adding, “He was an outstanding example of human behavior outside the borders, and his spiritual actions were widely manifested in the resistance front.”
The commander further argued
 that “Martyr Soleimani was the number one anti-terror figure across the region and around the world who was assassinated by the greatest terrorist administration and president in the world.”
Elsewhere in his Saturday remarks, Qa’ani further said, “The enemy assassinated Martyr Soleimani but did not know that Martyr Soleimani was much more dangerous for them than General Soleimani.”
General Soleimani, the late commander of the Quds Force of IRGC, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and their companions were assassinated in a U.S. drone strike authorized by then-President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
Both commanders were highly revered across the Middle East because of their key role in fighting the Daesh terrorist group in the region, particularly in Iraq and Syria.