Posted on 08/07/2015 11:17:40 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Iranian officials confirmed Friday that General Qassem Soleimani, the heavily sanctioned Revolutionary Guard Quds Force commander, traveled to Russia last month and was conducting weapons deals, including discussion of the S-300 missile system, according to Reuters.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said Friday the U.S. is very concerned about the development.
“Qassem Soleimani is subject to a UN travel ban and this travel ban requires all states to prohibit Qassem Soleimani from traveling to their nation and the only exception to that is if the Iran sanctions committee grants an exemption,” she said at UN headquarters in New York.
The White House did not specifically blame the Russians for hosting the Iranian general.
“I can't confirm these specific reports but it is an indication of our ongoing concerns with Iran and their behavior,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Friday at the daily press briefing.
Mike Rogers, former chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, weighed in late Friday afternoon.
"We should not underestimate what this means to our national security,” he said. “A leading general in Iran just told the world that the United States of America is irrelevant and Russia welcomed him with open arms. Not only do Russia and Iran not fear us, they do not respect us. And that, is dangerous."
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Iran just gave us the finger. Big time
And Russia laughed ... they are prepared for the nuclear war Iran will usher in.
Radioactivity here in the States and most of the world is a feared thing, not so in Russia where they once (wearing paper suits but without gloves) moved raw plutonium using their bare hands to produce they nuclear weapons as an act of patriotism.
But...but...
Didn’t John Care-bear tell us that Iran would be so afraid of the “Snap-Back-Sanctions” in his treaty that Iran would never, ever CHEAT?
Never mind...
Assassinate him when he tries to return to Iran.
As predicted, Russia will receive much the Billions released to Iran, by way of weapon sales.
Two hundred years later, the Russkies STILL want a warm water seaport.
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