Gen. Petraeus, the commander of MNF-I, said that “the Quds force of the Guards Corps tha has supervision over the training of the extremist Shiites is conducted by the most high ranking officials of Iran and by Khamenei himself, reported al-Hurra TV.

He added, “The US forces have received irritating blows by the extremist Shiite groups supported by the Iranian regime. Iranian regime provides these groups by money, arms, ammunition and training.
Petraeus underlined that the Iranian regime’s elements employ different tactics for attacking US military facilities through their agents in Iraq.