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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Hassan Danaeifar follows in Qasem Soleimani’s footsteps |
| 2021-01-03 |
Loooong backgrounder on Hassan Danaeifar, Iran’s big man in Iraq, most particularly long time beloved friend of Iraqi Kurdistan. He is currently is secretary of the Committee to Develop Iranian Economic Ties with Iraq and Syria. Some key bits: [Rudaw] Clear skies reigned when two veteran officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) visited the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s second city of Sulaimani in December 2019.The officers had come to attend a congress of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Sulaimani’s dominant party and a regional ally of Iran. The congress had long been delayed, a reflection of the lethargy the party had suffered since the death of its charismatic leader and co-founder. The PUK hoped that the congress would see it regain an edge in Kurdish and Iraqi politics. One of the visiting IRGC officers was Hassan Danaeifar, Iran’s former ambassador to Baghdad and now the top Iranian economic official in Iraq. The 57-year-old is a veteran of Iraqi Kurdish politics with nearly four decades of experience that began with clandestine operations against the Baathists, with the help of Peshmerga commanders now sat at the pinnacle of power in Kurdistan. Danaeifar, who speaks fluent Kurdish, is on a first name basis with Kurdistan Region officials. He feels more at home in Sulaimani than in his hometown of Shooshtar, an ancient riverside city in southwest Iran. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 the article doesn't say so but the formal successor to Soleimani was Brigadier General (he was BG at appointment he may be a MG by now) Esmail Ghaani I think Rudaw is making a bigger deal out of Danaeifar because of the Kurdish ethnicity |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-01-03 10:43 |
| #3 dashing... so Romantic, so... dead-man-walking |
| Posted by: Boss Elmorong2601 2021-01-03 08:47 |
| #2 reads like Rudaw's writer has a crush |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-01-03 06:07 |
| #1 We have a drone for him too.. He soon could be a former upper level Terrorist Quds Force officer. No if's and's or but's Trump has until 12Noon Jan. 20, 2021 finish the cleanup ... |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-01-03 05:36 |