The Last seconds of Solaimani
That the plane carrying Sulaimani landed at the airport of Baghdad at around 12.30 pm on 3 January, according to two officials of the airport, based on security camera footage.
Commander of the Army of the Iranian revolutionary Guard and his bodyguard exit the plane via stairs leading directly to the runway, passing through immigration.
Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis see her on the runway, and both of them towards the armored vehicles that have been waiting for. The bodyguard got into the vehicle a four-wheeled armored other, airport officials said.
After the airport security check, two armoured vehicles was heading towards the main road out of the airport. The first rocket hit the vehicle carrying Sulaimani and Al Muhandis at 12.55. And a few moments later struck the vehicle carrying the guards.
As commander of the elite Al Quds revolutionary Guard, Sulaimani conduct covert operations with foreign countries and is a key figure of Iran in the campaign to encourage the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
He spent many years running a secret operation and gave birth to the leaders of the militias in Iraq is to expand Iran's influence and fight against US interests.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that, starting October, Sulaimani secretly have launched continued attacks against US troops stationed in Iraq and equipping Iraqi militias with advanced weaponry to carry out such purposes.
The attack on the general was trigger the anger that is widespread and vows revenge Iran. On Wednesday, Iran retaliated with a missile attack to the two military bases Iraq that housed U.S. troops. No American soldiers or Iraqi killed or wounded in the attack.
A few hours after the attack, investigators examined all incoming calls and text messages by the staff of the night shift the airport to find out who inform US about the movement of Sulaimani, said the official Iraqi security.
The National Security agency doing interrogations for hours against the airport security personnel and Cham Wings, the sources said. A security officer said the agent questioned him for 24 hours before freeing him.
For hours, they tell him about who called or texted before the plane Sulaimani land - including "a strange request" related to the flight Damascus - and seized his cell phone.
"They ask a million questions," he said.