From Jennifer Griffin and Lucas Tomlinson\’s article at foxnews.com:
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.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., a former Army infantry officer, asked Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at his confirmation hearing how many Americans were killed by Iranian-backed forces under the command of Soleimani.
“The number has been recently quoted as about 500. We weren\’t always able to attribute the casualties we had to Iranian activity, although many times we suspected it was Iranian activity even though we didn\’t necessarily have the forensics to support that,” Dunford said to lawmakers on July 15.
Cotton then asked Kerry on July 29, five days after the Iranian leader\’s Moscow visit, about Soleimani receiving sanctions relief.
Kerry responded: “Under the United States\’s initiative, Qassem Soleimani will never be relieved of any sanctions.”
Qassem Soleimani will never be relieved of any sanctions. Honest. John Kerry told us so.
Just like he is telling us this “deal” is a good one, that Iran won\’t get a nuclear weapon, that there will be significant inspections, that………..
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, bs, bs, bs, bs, BS, BS, BS.
Anyone who believes John Kerry or Barack Obama regarding this “deal” needs his/her head examined.
