A senior Russian diplomat on Friday denied claims that an Iranian general visited Moscow in violation of United Nations sanctions banning travel, reports The Associated Press (AP).
The reported visit last month by Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force in Iran's Revolutionary Guard, had raised concerns in Washington. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed those concerns to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a phone call on Thursday, the State Department said.
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