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General Qassem Soleimani was appointed commander of the Quds Force by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, in 2000. According to reports, the Quds Force was formed to increase Iran's overseas activities, and Soleimani became the second commander of the Quds Force after Ahmad Vahidi. Martyr Qassem Soleimani played a key role in the Middle East, especially in the recent uprising in the region known as the Islamic Awakening (Arab Spring). Prior to his appointment to command the Quds Force, Martyr Soleimani fought drug trafficking gangs on the Iranian-Afghan border. Some politicians believe that the appointment of General Soleimani as commander of the Quds Force was not a mere development at the same time as the Taliban came to power, but that he was chosen because he was a native of a mountainous region called Rabar in Kerman. Martyr Soleimani, with his experience of the civil war in Kurdistan, was also a good option, as he was to intervene in Taliban-era Afghanistan, which was embroiled in civil war. It is worth mentioning that Martyr Soleimani had gained unparalleled experience during the eight years of the imposed war and in the fight against drug gangs in the border areas of Iran and Afghanistan before his appointment to the command of the Quds Force. In this regard, Meir Dagan, the former head of Mossad, had said about General Soleimani: "He has relations with every corner of the system. "He is what I call politically intelligent
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