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Iranian General Visits Russia Again, in Violation of UN Travel Ban
by TheTower.org Staff | 02.15.17 5:23 pm

A top Iranian general violated a United Nations travel ban by flying to Moscow on Tuesday, Fox News reported, citing Western intelligence officials.

Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, is banned from traveling outside of Iran by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (which Russia voted for). Nonetheless, he arrived in Russia on Tuesday and is scheduled to stay there for a few days to meet with government officials, Fox reported. He is expected to discuss his concerns over Russia’s increasingly-close ties with Saudi Arabia, a regional rival of Iran.

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Most sources would say we, the US fought this guy in Iran. Like the one editorial said, it'd be really hard to ever divide Russia and Iran.