WATCH: ‘Erasing Zionist regime,’ driving US out of Mideast only fitting revenge for Soleimani’s death, cries IRGC general January 4, 2021General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi, the IRGC deputy commander-in-chief for coordination, said on Iran’s Channel 3 on Dec. 27, 2020 that driving America out of the region and “erasing the Zionist regime” is the only suitable response for Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s death. IRGCIslamic RepublicQassem Soleimani