Post-Soleimani Iran adjusts to a changing Mideast Analysis: Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, under a new commander, has reverted back to smaller clandestine fighting unit, enlisting loyal militias to do its bidding as an overall strategy as Tehran seeks to expand control in region Raz Zimmit | Published: 01.03.21 , 17:50 Six months after the U.S. assassinated Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian news website published an article in June 2020 praising his successor - in an apparent effort to minimize the perceived damage caused by the killing. The article, titled "The surprising success of Esmail Ghaani," went on to explain how the more covert approach adopted by the new commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force had improved its operational capabilities.