Kerry complains to Moscow about Iran general’s visit

US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov today to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran’s covert revolutionary forces, a senior State Department official says.

General Qassem Suleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps’ foreign operations, reportedly visited Russia late last month despite being subject to international sanctions.

The content of the call between Kerry and Lavrov was not made public.

— AFP

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left), and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talk as they walk together on the grounds of the Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France, on October 14, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left), and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talk as they walk together on the grounds of the Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France, on October 14, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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