The US assassination of QassemSoleimani has brought the world one step closer to WorldWar3 - but who exactly is the revered Iran official and why did the US kill him in a drone airstrike?
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces , was also killed in the drone airstrike on Friday, alongside five others.
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