TEHRAN – Former Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan has congratulated Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Force, over the victory of the resistance forces against Daesh (ISIS).

In two separate messages on Thursday, Dehqan said the sacrifices of the resistance forces and the people of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan against terrorists will never be forgotten, Tasnim reported.

It came days after General Soleimani declared the end of Daesh in a message to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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