Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani shrugged off reports of his death. Photo: Wikipedia.

The commander of foreign operations by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards has shrugged off reports of his death or injury in fighting in Syria, an Iranian news agency said on Monday.

Suggestions that General Qassem Soleimani had been hurt or killed were widespread in recent weeks. The Guards denied them repeatedly and said they were part of a “psychological war.”

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