IFP - An Iranian official has confirmed that the ISIS terrorist group�s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is �definitely� dead.





Representative of Iran�s Leader in IRGC Quds Force, Ali Shirazi, said on Thursday �the death of this terrorist [al-Baghdadi] is certain�.

Last Thursday, Russia�s deputy foreign minister had declared that it is highly likely al-Baghdadi, the ISIS leader, was killed in a Russian airstrike near Raqqa, Syria, on May 28.

Oleg Syromolotov told Sputnik the �information is now verified through various channels.�

The remarks are similar to those made June 16 by the Russian Defence Ministry, which said Baghdadi was among more than 300 ISIS militants, including mid-level field commanders, who were killed as a result of Russian airstrikes near Raqqa, the city that serves as the terrorist group�s de-facto capital.