ALABWABA - A clip surrounded social media platforms in the last couple of hours shocking many users showing IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani wandering Saddam Hussein’s castle.
Footage circulated online of Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated by a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq, walking inside former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's mansion.
In the video, Former Member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed in the US attack with Soliemani, was also seen next to the IRGC top commander.
True or AI? video of Qasem Soleimani inside Saddam Hussein’s castle
Amid controversy over the clip which was posted by Iranian media in recent times, it turned out that the video was very old from Qasem Soleimani and al-Muhandis' visit to the castle in Iraq.
Tasnim News Agency published the video of Soleimani, touring one of the palaces of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with the comment: "Footage of Soleimani's presence in Saddam's palace."
It mainatined: "These shots are related to the documentary film 'He Who Destroyed and He Who Built,' which is being shown for the first time."
Tasnim, however, did not mention the date of filming or the exact location of the palace.
