Esmail Qaani: Shugaban Kungiyar Quds ta Iran

Esmail Qaani, shugaban kungiyar Quds ta Iran, shi ne wanda ya gaji mukamin Qasem Soleimani bayan harbin da Isra'ila ta kai masa. Qaani mutum ne mai kishin kasa wanda ya yi fama da kwarewa da jarumtaka a fagen tsaro. An haife shi a shekarar 1957 a birnin Mashhad na lardin Khorasan Razavi, kuma ya girma a cikin gwagwarmayar juyin juya hali na Iran.
Bayan juyin juya halin, Qaani ya shiga kungiyar kare juyin juya hali ta Iran (IRGC) kuma ya rike muhimman mukamai a cikin kungiyar. Daga cikin wadannan mukamai akwai kwamandan rundunar Imam Ali da kwamandan rundunar Basij na lardin Khorasan Razavi. A shekarar 2007, an nada shi kwamandan sojin Quds, wanda ke da alhakin gudanar da ayyukan soji a wajen Iran.
Karkash jagorancin Qaani, kungiyar Quds ta kara karfi kuma ta zama kungiyar da ke da tasiri sosai a tsakiyar Gabas. Kungiyar ta goyi bayan kungiyoyin wakilai a Lebanon, Syria, Yemen da sauran yankuna, kuma tana da tarihi na kai hare-hare a kan Isra'ila da sauran abokan adawar Iran.
Qaani shi ne mutum mai karfi wanda ke da alaka da manyan shugabannin Iran, ciki har da Shugaba Ali Khamenei. Ya kuma yi kaurin suna a matsayin kwamandan soja mai dabarun azzabi wanda ya iya sarrafa ayyukan kungiyar Quds a cikin yanayi mai sarkakiya.
A shekarar 2020, an kashe Qaani a harin da Isra'ila ta kai a Baghdad. Mutuwarsa babban rashi ne ga Iran kuma ya haifar da karuwar tashin hankali a tsakiyar Gabas.