Assassination of Major General Soleimani By:Alireza Miryousef Reference :www.ipis.ir General Soleimani’s heart-wrenching martyrdom like a fruitful life had a strategic achievement for the Islamic Republic of Iran: reviving Iran’s effective deterrence against the US terrorist army and their hasty withdrawal from the region. General Soleimani’s assassination in the beginning hours of January 3, 2020, was not the result of Trump’s emotional decision or immediate frenzy, but the result of over two years of entrapment by some regional allies of the US along with a number of fanatical Iran-hating officials and governmental institutes for laying the ground and convincing Trump to commit such a folly. The argument presented to Trump to convince him was that the Iranians were fully aware of the US domestic problems and its inability in waging another disastrous war in the Middle East, and for this reason the Iranians would not heed the US military threats and