{"id":232641,"date":"2021-01-05T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=232641"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:26:04","slug":"iran-qassem-soleimanis-banners-and-billboards-set-on-fire-on-his-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-qassem-soleimanis-banners-and-billboards-set-on-fire-on-his-death-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Qassem Soleimani&#8217;s Banners and Billboards Set on Fire on His Death Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3.jpg\" alt=\"Lahijan- Torching Qassem Soleimani (Terminated Commander of the terrorist Quds Force) 's large banner- January 4, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"NCRI-50\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218888 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NCRI-50.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI-50\" width=\"75\" height=\"69\" \/>On Saturday and Monday, January 2 and 4, 2021, coinciding with the anniversary of the termination of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, the notorious commander of the terrorist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Quds Force<\/a>, defiant youth set fire to his pictures, banners, and billboards in various Iranian cities, including, Mashhad, Lahijan, Dorud, Bandar Abbas, Neyshabur, Hamadan, and Nowshahr.<\/p>\n<p>The defiant youths also set fire to the entrance sign of the IRGC&#8217;s repressive Basij base in Mashhad in response to calls by the deputy commander of the regime&#8217;s State Security Force (SSF), to break and amputate the limbs and legs of the youth arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>These activities, which took place at the height of security measures and maximum alert of the SSF, were enthusiastically welcomed by people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretariat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>January 5, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232642\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mashhad \u2013 IRGC's repressive Basij center \u2013 January 4, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mashhad \u2013 IRGC&#8217;s repressive Basij center \u2013 January 4, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232643\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2.jpg\" alt=\" Deputy SSF briefing the SSF commanders, emphasizing that those arrested in the scene should not be left unharmed, and &quot;he will hold the forces responsible, if anyone is arrested and remains unharmed.&quot;- December 31, 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-2-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy SSF briefing the SSF commanders, emphasizing that those arrested in the scene should not be left unharmed, and &#8220;he will hold the forces responsible, if anyone is arrested and remains unharmed.&#8221;- December 31, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232644\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3.jpg\" alt=\"Lahijan- Torching Qassem Soleimani (Terminated Commander of the terrorist Quds Force) 's large banner- January 4, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-3-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lahijan- Torching Qassem Soleimani (Terminated Commander of the terrorist Quds Force) &#8216;s large banner- January 4, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232645\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4.jpg\" alt=\"Dorud \u2013 Torching Qassem Soleimani's billboard \u2013 simultaneous with his the anniversary of his death \u2013 January 5, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-4-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorud \u2013 Torching Qassem Soleimani&#8217;s billboard \u2013 simultaneous with his the anniversary of his death \u2013 January 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232646\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5.jpg\" alt=\"Bandar Abbas \u2013 Torching large banner of Qassem Soleimani, the terminated commander of the terrorist Quds Force \u2013 January 5, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-5-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bandar Abbas \u2013 Torching large banner of Qassem Soleimani, the terminated commander of the terrorist Quds Force \u2013 January 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232647\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6.jpg\" alt=\"Neyshabur- Setting fire to the entrance sign and Qassem Soleimani's banner of the repressive Basij base- January 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-6-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neyshabur- Setting fire to the entrance sign and Qassem Soleimani&#8217;s banner of the repressive Basij base- January 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232648\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7.jpg\" alt=\"Hamedan - Torching Qassem Soleimani (Terminated Commander of the terrorist Quds Force) 's large banner- January 2, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-7-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamedan &#8211; Torching Qassem Soleimani (Terminated Commander of the terrorist Quds Force) &#8216;s large banner- January 2, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232649\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8.jpg\" alt=\"Nowshahr- Torching Qassem Soleimani's placard \u2013 January 2, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-8-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nowshahr- Torching Qassem Soleimani&#8217;s placard \u2013 January 2, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232650\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9.jpg\" alt=\" Torching Qassem Soleimani's placard \u2013 January 2, 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Iran-defiant-youth-torch-soleimani-pictures-05012021-9-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torching Qassem Soleimani&#8217;s placard \u2013 January 2, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday and Monday, January 2 and 4, 2021, coinciding with the anniversary of the termination of Qassem Soleimani, the notorious commander of the terrorist Quds Force, defiant youth set fire to his pictures, banners, and billboards 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