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Qassem Soleimani and the Bastardful History of U.S. / Iran Relations

Behind the Bastards

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Kasim Sullimani's Online Presence Is a Big Part of His Image

The government of ron devoted significant resources to burnishing a cult of personality around kasim sullimani the supreme leader of ron. martyrdom became an increasing theme in later public appearances ofsullimani in 2014 def oppressed at ir which is a website popular among internal oranian security insiders. for refusing to let audience members kiss his hand public appearances um but online he was a lot less humble and just for it was bro you can't be having a rando's kiss your hand i meanbut there's a lot of random kissing uh in that part of the world true but cheek to cheek you keep it like keep it light cheek to cheek keep it like okay I practice

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