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2022-01-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Qasem Soleimani statue torched in western Iran

[Jpost] This is not the first time a statue of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani has been torched in Iran.

A statue of former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani was torched on Wednesday night by unidentified individuals in Shahrekord in western Iran, according to the Iranian ISNA news agency.

Soleimani was assassinated by a US drone strike next to the Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020. The second anniversary of the assassination was marked this week.

Video reportedly from the scene on Wednesday night showed the statue engulfed in a pillar of fire in the middle of a roundabout.

Mohammad Ali Nekounam, the representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Friday prayer leader of Shahrekord, compared the burning of the statue to the assassination of Soleimani, saying "this crime in the dark of night is like the same crime in Baghdad airport that in the privacy of the night and at the height of cowardice, and it will make Hajj Qasim position in the hearts more stable."

The statue of Soleimani had just been unveiled on Wednesday morning. The six-meter tall statue was worth about 150 million Tomans or about $35,500, according to ISNA.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has photos.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
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#1
Just fire god, Atar,
paying his respects.
He visits in incendiary
times, and then expects...
What? A Quddite once scorched
can't again be torched?

Posted by Dron66046 2022-01-07 03:08|| 2022-01-07 03:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Are we sure it was not just a re-enactment.

Posted by Airandee 2022-01-07 06:34|| 2022-01-07 06:34|| Front Page Top

#3 An interesting location. Fairly large city. Not a minority region.

Posted by Vernal the Unfortunately Complexioned1975 2022-01-07 06:57|| 2022-01-07 06:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Not fiberglass now but rupestrian
Is this statue of Qasem equestrian --
And thus a bit coarse
[the man mounting his horse] --
Just erected in parts Zoroastrian.

Posted by Phavimble Pholurong2922 2022-01-07 08:17|| 2022-01-07 08:17|| Front Page Top

#5 making statues out of flammable material seems to be a bad idea in general

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-01-07 08:41|| 2022-01-07 08:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought muslims believe statues are aren't acceptable, as they are 'idols'.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-01-07 10:32|| 2022-01-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 ed

Shia are currently more lenient than Sunni in this respect. However, in earlier times Sunni's depicted people, including Mohammed

http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/islamic_mo_full/

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-01-07 11:04|| 2022-01-07 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Like a flaming bacon torch. Offering to Allen.

Posted by Woodrow 2022-01-07 13:14|| 2022-01-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

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