Isis has been destroyed, declares Iranian President

The leader announced the news in an address broadcast live on state TV today. (Picture: Leader.ir/ Reuters)

The end of Islamic State has been declared by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

The leader announced the news in an address broadcast live on state TV today.

The messaged was published on Sepah News, the news site of the Guards.

Videos and pictures of Soleimani, who commands the Quds Force, have been posted frequently by Iranian media in recent years.

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A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassem Soleimani, also declared the end of Islamic State in a message sent to the country’s supreme leader. (Picture: Pool / Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

The Quds Force is the unit responsible for operations outside of Iran’s borders at frontline positions in battles against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Last week, Iranian media published pictures of Soleimani at Albu Kamal in eastern Syria, a town which Soleimani said was the last territory retaken from Islamic State control in the region.