Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Qasem Soleimani took over as the head of the Quds Force in 1997, ushering in a new era of expansion
Written Evidence May. 11 2023
Inquiry: AI in weapon systemsFound: Furthermore, in 2020, the current UN Special Rapporteur, reporting on the targeting of Qassem Soleimani
Found: while negotiations to form a government are ongoing .55 In 2020, a US strike in Baghdad killed Qasem Soleimani
Mar. 15 2022
Source Page: Financial sanctions, International counter-terrorismFound: Position : Senior Quds Officer Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): CTI0001 Links to IRGC5: Soleimani
Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has taken steps in response to the Islamic Centre of England's holding of a vigil in memory of General Qassem Soleimani in June 2020 contravening regulatory advice and guidance set out by the Charity Commission.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Any evidence that a registered charity is engaged in misconduct or mismanagement should be referred to the Charity Commission, as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales.
In June 2020, the Charity Commission exercised its power under section 75A of the Charities Act 2011 to issue an Official Warning to the Islamic Centre of England as it found the trustees had failed to discharge their legal duties towards the charity, which resulted in misconduct and/or mismanagement. The Charity Commission has an open and ongoing regulatory case into the charity to follow up on compliance with the requirements of the Official Warning.
Written Evidence Dec. 07 2021
Inquiry: Government policy on AfghanistanFound: Iran has interpreted this enthusiasm as desperation, maintaining proxy pressure in Iraq despite Qassem
Mentions:
1: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Under the direction of the late al-Quds leader Qasem Soleimani, that included participation in the violent - Speech Link
2: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) When General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, was killed in an American drone strike, there - Speech Link
Written Evidence Oct. 26 2021
Inquiry: Withdrawal from AfghanistanFound: Yemen and elsewhere,xxii as well as the high profile assassination by drone of the Iranian General, Qassem
Written Evidence Oct. 12 2020
Inquiry: The UK and AfghanistanFound: Austro-Afghan journalist Emran Feroz tweeted a 1993 photo showing Qassem Soleimani, of Iran™s Islamic
Asked by: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the UN Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, published on 29 June, which found that the killing of Iranian General Soleimani by a US drone strike violated international law, what representations they have made to the government of the United States.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
We are aware of the report presented by the UN Special Rapporteur, Agnes Callamard. Article 51 of the UN Charter recognises that all States have an inherent right of self-defence. The strike against Soleimani was not a UK operation. The United States set out the basis for its action in a letter to the UN Security Council of 8 January.