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Qassem Soleimani

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All 1 tracked stories fall under one category: defense-tech. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Air Force One, the most common co-covered peer. The tracked stories average 3 original sources each. Qassem Soleimani appears in 1 tracked Space & Defense story from August 14, 2026.

Last mentioned: Aug 14, 2026

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Recent coverage · Qassem Soleimani

1 story
6 avg impact
0% positive
100% negative

Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 100 percentage points.

  • 100% negative

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What the coverage shows about Qassem Soleimani

All 1 tracked stories fall under one category: defense-tech. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Air Force One, the most common co-covered peer. The tracked stories average 3 original sources each. Qassem Soleimani appears in 1 tracked Space & Defense story from August 14, 2026.

Stories tracked
1
Sources per story
3

Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 6 Space & Defense stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.

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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Qassem Soleimani. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.

Timeline

  1. NATO summit aircraft swap

    Most detailed warning — a possible shoulder-launched missile strike on Air Force One — arrives ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. Secret Service swaps Trump to a different aircraft for departure.

  2. Warnings intensify

    Israeli warnings intensify prior to the US decision to go to war in Iran in February 2026.

  3. Israeli warnings begin

    Israeli tips about Iran plots to assassinate Trump begin in the lead-up to the 12-day war in June 2025.

  4. Soleimani killed

    US drone strike ordered by Trump kills Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, establishing Iran's long-standing retaliatory motive against Trump.

Stories mentioning Qassem Soleimani 1

Defense Tech Negative

Air Force One Swapped July 8 as US Fails to Verify 3 Iran Plot Warnings

Unverified Israeli intelligence about Iranian assassination plots against Trump — including a possible shoulder-launched missile attack on Air Force One — forced a last-minute aircraft swap at Ankara's July 8 NATO summit. US and Turkish agencies found no corroborating evidence, raising questions about intelligence reliability and the vulnerability of executive airlift to MANPADS threats.

3 sources

Source: english.aawsat.com · straitstimes.com

Qassem Soleimani is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.

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