Jul 15, 2020 15:35 Asia/Tehran [Updated: Aug 06, 2020 18:59 Asia/Tehran]

Tehran (IP) - Iraqi figures believe that the top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani played an important role in establishing peace and security in Iraq and the region, according to a new documentary.

Iran Press/Iran News: Speaking to Iran Press on the sidelines of a meeting on the character of the late commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in the documentary 'Commander of Peace' on Wednesday, Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi, the head of the IRIB office in Iraq, which has made the documentary, said: “The Iraqi figures also said in the documentary that his absence is being felt among Iraqis now.”

They believe that the Iraqi people will continue his path in the fight against terrorism, he added.

Mousavi described the presence of millions of Iraqi people at Gen. Soleimani's funeral processions in several cities of Iraq as a sign of their support to the top Iranian general and their interest in him.

Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, military commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chief of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), along with a number of other military figures were assassinated in a US drone strike in Baghdad by direct order of US President Donald Trump in the early hours of Friday morning 3 January 2020.

The documentary "Commander of Peace", which is made by the IRIB office in Iraq and includes interviews with Iraqi political leaders, various Iraqi parties, and Qasem Soleimani's comrades, is scheduled to be broadcast by the IRIB soon.

“All interviewees acknowledged that Lt. Gen. Soleimani was a pacifist general with characteristics of sincerity, dignity, kindness, and zeal,” Mousavi said.

The meeting on the character of the late commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in the documentary “Commander of Peace” was held on Wednesday with the presence of the Advisor to the Head of the IRIB and Director-General of International Affairs of the Organization Ali Fahim-Danesh.

Regarding the making of the documentary, Fahim-Danesh said: "The western media are trying to introduce a militant figure of Martyr Soleimani, but this documentary shows that the Iranian General was a ‘Commander of Peace’."

In this documentary, new footages of Qasem Soleimani's martyrdom and new conversations with the General's relatives and influential Iraqi figures about his character are to be broadcast.

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