Qasem Soleimani - Iran

• 1998-2020 Most important Iranian General

• 1998-2020 Leader of the Quds force, which specialized in asymmetrical warfare in the Middle East

• Soleimani assisted Hezbollah in Lebanon, Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Kurdish forces in Iraq, and others

• 2011 - Designated as a terrorist by US, Canada, and Saudi Arabia

• 2020 - Assassinated by US airstrike on January 3rd