Kurdistan

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Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:55
IRGC Quds Commander Meets Leaders of Iraq's Kurdistan Region

TEHRAN (FNA)- Local media in Iraqi Kurdistan region reported that Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Major General Qassem Soleimani has recently held meetings with the Kurdish officials in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah cities.

According to a report by Rudaw news website, during his meetings with Hêro Ahmed, the spouse of the Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, Kusrat Rasoul, Barham Salih and other leaders of the party as well as leader of the Movement for Change Nawshirwan Mustafa, General Soleimani elaborated on Tehran's position on the disputes over the leadership of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

An informed source at the political office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party who called for anonymity said that General Soleimani has emphasized during his meetings that the time is not ripe now for stirring crisis in Kurdistan region with leadership debates.

All efforts should focuse on war on the ISIL terrorist group and other challenges since the region needs stability and security and Tehran is also in favor of stability, the source quoted General Soleimani as saying.
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