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NCRI \u2013 The state-run Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday that Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist Quds Force, last week \u201cmet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior military and security officials during a three day visit\u201d to Russia in which he followed up on issues that had been discussed in the November meeting between the Russian President and Ali Khamenei, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n
The news agency which is affiliated to the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) cited \u201cunofficial sources\u201d and claimed that President Putin had called Soleimani \u201cMy friend Qassem.\u201d<\/p>\n
The official Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, quickly denied that any such visit had taken place. Responding to a question by a reporter on whether there had been such a meeting, Peskov bluntly said: \u201cNo, there wasn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency is the only source to have published the report on the supposed meeting, but it has been forced to quote \u201cunofficial sources\u201d in order to distemper its bogus report.<\/p>\n
This is the second time in recent weeks that the mullahs\u2019 regime has resorted to such half-hearted showmanship in order to cover up news of Soleimani\u2019s injuries and to raise spirits among the regime\u2019s forces.
\nIn the run-up to December 7, or \u2018Student Day\u2019 in Iran, the regime\u2019s official news agencies including IRNA and Tasnim (affiliated to the Quds Force) had claimed that Soleimani would appear in the Student Day ceremony in the so-called Beheshti University in Tehran. But half-way through the event, it was ludicrously announced that Soleimani\u2019s appearance had been cancelled.<\/p>\n