An Iranian general who is said to be a key adviser in Iraq’s fightback against the ISIL terrorist group was voted Iran’s person of the year in an annual poll released Sunday.

An Iranian general who is said to be a key adviser in Iraq's fightback against the ISIL terrorist group was voted Iran's person of the year in an annual poll released Sunday.

General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, won 37 percent of the votes cast in the survey to mark the Persian New Year, Nowruz.

According to KhabarOnline, which conducted the poll, 463,000 votes were cast between March 7 and March 14, with the results being released one week before Nowruz, which falls on March 21.