US Biggest Crime: Al-Quds Force Commander Soleimani, PMU Deputy Head Al-Muhandis Martyred

By Staff- Agencies

Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Al-Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC], and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units [PMU], have been martyred in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that Major General Soleimani and Al-Muhandis were martyred in the attack carried out by US helicopters.

The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident.

"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road," it a statement on Friday.

"The American and "Israeli" enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani," said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMU spokesman.