Pak Sahafat – If I had met Haj Qasim, I would have asked him how he was able to reach this level of faith and preparation as a human being and to be able to do all these actions and efforts in those complicated and difficult conditions for the preservation and victory of the countries and the Islamic nation.
Since the American terrorist operation against Iranian and Iraqi commanders, which resulted in the martyrdom of Major General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, one of the leaders of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, on Friday, January 2, 2019, there has been protest and concern in the political circles of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
The question that was immediately raised among various groups in the United States was the reason for the assassination of an Iranian general and an Iraqi official by the American government, and the general answers and lies of the White House further fueled the sensitivity about this terrorist act.
On the other hand, the response of the Islamic Republic with rockets on the base of the American occupying forces in Ain al-Asad and the drip-drip information of the American government about its real casualties, provoked a lot of anger in Washington and in the American military circles; As the Veterans of Foreign Wars Association issued a statement asking the President of the United States; Apologize for underestimating the possible casualties and injuries of this country’s soldiers in Iran’s missile attack on Ain al-Asad base.
In this regard, IRNA’s researcher conducted an interview with Hassan Lafi, a Palestinian writer and political expert based in Gaza.
From your point of view, how do you introduce and describe Martyr Soleimani?
Haj Qassem Soleimani cannot be described separately from Islam, Jihad and Palestine; Haj Qasim is one of the Islamic fighters who considered Palestine as his main goal.
Haj Qasim protected the Middle East from the partition plan
Why do you think the Americans assassinated General Soleimani?
The assassination of Haj Qasim by the United States authorities was due to his attempt to thwart the American plan to divide the Middle East, destroy the resistance axis countries and establish Takfiri terrorist forces in the social fabric of the Middle East, so that there was a permanent factor for creating insecurity in the region.
The action that Haj Qasim tried to destroy would undermine the security and social peace of the region and open the door to political and security chaos to give America, Israel and their allies in the region the ability to implement all their policies. It is used with the aim of destroying the capabilities of the region and putting an end to the survival of the resistance.
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In your opinion, was the assassination of Haj Qasim, as some western media show, the personal decision of Donald Trump, the president of the United States at the time?
When talking about the reasons that led America to assassinate Haj Qassem, the role of Israel cannot be ignored, because the Zionist regime played a key role in the involvement of the Trump administration in making this decision. Israel considered Haj Qasim an existential threat to itself. Haj Qasim was able to engineer and manage rings of fire that encircled Israel from the resistance axis fronts. The creation of these multiple fronts created many arenas for confronting the Zionist invaders.
Haj Qasim developed the axis of resistance beyond beliefs and sects
What were the most important actions that martyr Qassem Soleimani did in the region?
I believe that Haj Qasim played a key role in the defeat of the international conspiracy against the Middle East, because he was considered the real leader of the battle to defeat the evil forces and the takfir of ISIS, and as a result, he returned the peace and stability that ISIS had aimed for in this region. It protected the region and its people from the partition plan that was to be implemented by the Americans and their allies. Also, Haj Qasim was able to gather the resistance forces against the Zionist-American project in the Middle East region and develop the axis of resistance beyond beliefs and sects. In this way, Israel and America alone are no longer the dominant decision-making and determining factors in the region.
America’s policy to distort history
Shortly after the martyrdom of Qassem Soleimani, social networks such as Twitter and Instagram removed his pictures and videos from their platforms. What do you think is the reason for these actions?
Removing the images and videos of Haj Qasim from social networks is an imperialist policy that tries to hide the symbols of Islamic resistance from the public. The symbols of resistance are part of the historical memory of the youth of Muslim nations to follow them as a model. In addition, America and its allies are very interested in distorting history about Haj Qassem Soleimani as a tireless mujahid. They suppress any attempt that leads to the correct introduction of this martyred commander.
In a situation where Haj Qasim’s photos have been banned on social networks, these social networks have become platforms to use their maximum power to present a negative image of him and to mislead people who do not know him enough.
If Haj Qasim was among us today and you were going to meet him, what questions or requests would you have for him?
If Haj Qasim was alive, I hoped to meet him on the battlefield. Meeting with the commander loyal to the axis of resistance and the way to fight for Palestine and its cause.
More important than meeting with Hah Qasim was that I asked him how he was able to reach this level of faith and preparation as a human being so that he could do all these actions and endeavors in those complicated and difficult conditions for the preservation and victory of the countries and the Islamic nation.