title: Iran's Soleimani arrives in Kurdish region for talks about crisis with Baghdad
text: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq s Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish authorities and the Iraqi government following the Kurdish independence referendum, a Kurdish official said on Sunday. Soleimani is the commander of foreign operations for Iran s elite Revolutionary Guards, a military corp providing training and weapons to Iraqi paramilitary groups backing the Shi ite-led government in Baghdad.  