Baghdad Strike & Diplomatic Repercussions Atlas

Baghdad Terminal Access Road • 33.262° N, 44.234° E

Timeline: Jan 3, 2020

Active Milestone Dossier HIGH IMPACT

Baghdad Airport Precision Strike

03 JAN 2020 • Baghdad Int'l Airport (BIAP) Corridor

US MQ-9 Reaper drone targeted a two-vehicle convoy carrying IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi PMF Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis departing BIAP Terminal.

Key Diplomatic Actor Intel

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis)

Former IRGC Air Force commander and Tehran mayor; arrived in Baghdad for high-level parliamentary security talks and paid a formal homage visit to the airport strike shrine location.

Tehran–Baghdad

Strategic Axis

Active Diplomat

Current Role

Regional Impact Telemetry

14+

Bilateral Accords

Majlis/Iraqi Acts

Tracking the evolution of Iranian-Iraqi parliamentary security relations and official memorial diplomacy since the 2020 corridor strike.