Iranian website: Al-Kazemi rejected Khamenei’s request and refused to meet with the commander of the Quds Force
Iranian website: Al-Kazemi rejected Khamenei’s request and refused to meet with the commander of the Quds Force
7/23/2020 11:10
[Baghdad_Yan]
An Iranian website revealed that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi refused to meet with the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Tehran.
And the Iranian “Awa Todi” opposition website reported in a report that it “obtained information confirming that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, who visited Tehran on Tuesday, refused to meet with the commander of the Quds Force Ismail Qai Ani.”
The Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei, was appointed on the third of January. General Ismail Qa Ani as the commander of the Quds Force after the assassination of the former commander, General Qassem Soleimani, with an airstrike of an American march plane near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
The report also referred to the meeting that gathered Al-Kazemi with Khamenei on Tuesday evening in the latter’s office, saying that “Khamenei tried to influence Al-Kazemi with the aim of persuading him to transfer 6 billion dollars of Iranian frozen funds in Iraq, most of which relate to selling Iranian electricity and gas to Iraq.”
He added that “Khamenei asked Al-Kazemi to pay $ 6 billion to Iran through Chinese banks, but Al-Kazemi said he could not work through Chinese banks for fear of US sanctions.”
Al-Kazemi ended his visit to Tehran yesterday, Wednesday, during which he met President Hassan Rouhani, Khamenei, Parliament Speaker Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf and Iranian National Security Council Chairman Admiral Ali Shamkhani.
alliraqnews.com
