Top Iranian General In Moscow For Talks

FOX News: Exclusive: Quds Force commander Soleimani visited Moscow, met Russian leaders in defiance of sanctions

The shadowy Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani recently visited Moscow to meet with senior Russian leaders, according to two Western intelligence sources, despite a travel ban and U.N. Security Council resolutions barring him from leaving Iran.

On July 24, one week before Secretary of State John Kerry testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee and faced questions about the newly struck nuclear deal, Soleimani arrived in Moscow for meetings with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin. It was not immediately clear what the Iranian leader discussed, but the revelation comes as the United Nations and European Union arms embargo against Iran is slated to be lifted in five years as part of the comprehensive nuclear agreement announced July 14 from Vienna.

Soleimani was first designated a terrorist and sanctioned by the U.S. in 2005 for his role as a supporter of terrorism. In October 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department tied Soleimani to the failed Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States at a popular restaurant in Washington, D.C. The Quds Force is the special forces external wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, responsible for supporting terrorist proxies across the Middle East. It reports directly to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

WNU Editor: Two weeks ago U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry denied reports that restrictions and sanctions were to be lifted from Qassem Soleimani as one of the conditions for a nuclear deal .... Top Iranian General Accused Of Killing Hundreds Of Americans Will Benefit From Yesterday's Iranian Nuclear Deal. But I know the Russians would never invite him in if sanctions were still in placed .... so either John Kerry is lying or .... he never read the fine print in this nuclear agreement. As for why the visit .... 3 things .... how to support Assad in Syria, how to defeat ISIS in Iraq, and a shopping list for weapons that Iran needs.