Qassem\nSoleimani, the notorious commander of the Iranian reigme\u2019s Islamic\nRevolutionary Guards (IRGC) terrorist Quds Force was killed on January 2 by a\nUS military strike in Iraq. Soleimani was hated by the Iranian people for\ncrimes committed against the Iranian people and outside Iran. He was\naccompanied by Abu Mehdi Muhandes, the Deputy Commander of the Iraq\u2019s Popular\nMobilization Force, a suppressive and terrorist entity under direct control of\nthe regime in Iran. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is the full statemen of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the\nPresiden-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) over\nSoleimani\u2019s death.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maryam Rajavi: Elimination of Qassem Soleimani and Head of Iran\u2019s Suppressive Bassij is Irreparable Blow to Mullahs\u2019 Regime\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mrs.\u202fMaryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of\u202fthe National Council of\nResistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, described\nthe elimination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mehdi Muhandes, the head of Iraq\u2019s\nsuppressive Bassij force, as an irreparable blow to the clerical regime. Mrs.\nRajavi emphasized that the time had come to evict the mullahs from the region,\nespecially from Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, and expel the IRGC from these\ncountries. In this way, Iraq, which had been delivered by the United States to\nthe clerical regime on a silver platter, will be liberated from the yoke of the\nreligious fascism ruling Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Qassem\nSoleimani<\/a>\u202fwas one of the most\nvicious criminals in Iran\u2019s history. He was personally involved in the massacre\nof hundreds of thousands of people in the region and in driving millions of\nothers from their homes. He was also the mastermind of the massacre of\u202fthe Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u202fin Camp Ashraf in Iraq, and of many other terrorist\noperations against the Iranian Resistance in that country, in Iran, and in\nother countries. With his elimination, the process of overthrowing the mullahs\nwill be greatly expedited.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Mrs.](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Maryam-Rajavis-message-to-Iranians-rally-in-Paris-The-uprising-and-struggle-to-overthrow-the-mullahs-cannot-be-contained-12_a3864d96e2b54642599830d9fc090d8e-min.jpg\")