Former Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Official: ‘We Trained al-Qaeda Fighters’

Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Reuters

Clarion Project: Retired IRGC Official: ‘We Trained al-Qaeda Fighters’

A former spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) revealed a level of cooperation between Iran and al-Qaeda which previously remained under wraps, Al Arabiya reported.

Said Qasemi, now retired, said Iran sent IRGC soldiers to Bosnia and Herzegovina disguised as humanitarian workers from the Iranian branch of the Red Crescent (part of the International Red Cross) to train al-Qaeda fighters who ran an operational base in the Balkan country.

Just last month, the Trump administration designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization.

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Update: More evidence emerges of Iran-Al Qaeda ties (FOX News)

WNU Editor: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards were finally labelled as a terror group by the U.S.. Why it took so long is something that I will never understand.

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