This doesn’t mean that General Soleimani was being depicted by Western-dominated world media as the counterterrorism hero that he was. [5]Right from the start, Westerners spoke about General Soleimani in such terms as “elimination” even when the General was largely walking in the shadow. The American General described in a profile on General Soleimani how he spotted him that year. The second assassinationVicious libels and slanders against General Soleimani continued unabated even after the Iranian General was assassinated in a drone strike ordered by former U.S. President, Donald Trump. [12]In addition to tarnishing the image of General Soleimani, the West launched an aggressive censorship campaign on social media platforms, effectively banning any expression of sympathy toward the assassinated General.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2022 08:00 UTC