Background
He was born in Kazerun. Soleimani was born in Kazerun.
He was born in Kazerun. Soleimani was born in Kazerun.
Soleimani was born in Kazerun. He received an Bachelor of Science in 1978 from Shiraz University in Iran and a Master of Science in 1981 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1983 in high-frequency electronics from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University.
He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. Soleimani met with China"s Deputy Prime Minister Huang Ju on 27 October 2005, and signed the convention establishing the Asia and Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). Iran"s first satellite Sinah-1 was launched with help from the Government of Russia from Polstesk space base in Murmansk province in northwestern Russia.
Ahmad Talebzadeh, Iran"s Aerospace Organization head, also attended the meeting.
When he returned to Tehran he told reporters, "By placing Iran"s Sina-1 (Z-S4) in its designated orbit, we have practically joined the group of countries enjoying space technology. The 2005 was held in Tunisia from 16 to 19 November 2005.
12,000 officials from 50 different national governments, the United Nations, and various non-governmental organizations participated. Per Soleimani"s wishes, "non-discriminatory access" to information technology was approved.