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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran will never forget the martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani and will definitely strike back at the US. The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, met with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei, this Tuesday …

The US drone strike that killed Iran’s top general Qasem Soleimani was “unlawful”, the United Nations expert on extrajudicial killings concluded in a report released Tuesday. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, concluded it was an “arbitrary killing” that violated the UN charter. The …

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday. While Trump faces no danger of arrest, the …

Iran’s judiciary has released information about a CIA and Mossad informant who was recently sentenced to death over his espionage activities. According to the judiciary, Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd supplied the US and Israeli spy agencies with data on the movements of General Qasem Soleimani, who was subsequently assassinated in …

An Iranian man who provided information to the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran’s slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday. On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance has decided to expand its mission in Iraq by training personnel for the Iraqi army and security forces. Stoltenberg made the announcement on Thursday during a press conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers where the alliance’s response to the …

56% of Americans say they disapprove of US President Trump’s handling of heightened tensions with Iran, according to an ABC News poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Why it matters: 52% of Americans said the Trump administration’s decision to kill Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike makes them feel …

Hours after Iran’s missile attack on American bases in Iraq, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says Tehran’s next responses to the US assassination of a top Iranian general will be proportionate to what Washington will do. “Our next measure will naturally be proportionate to the ones the Americans will …

The US-led military coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh terrorist group has reportedly relocated its headquarters in Iraq to Kuwait in the wake of recent assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the second-in-command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization …

Iran’s top security official says Tehran is considering 13 revenge scenarios against the US for the targeted killing of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. “Even the weakest of the 13 revenge scenarios will be a historic nightmare for America,” said Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), …

A stampede has erupted during the funeral procession for Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in his hometown Kerman, leaving an unspecified number of casualties. Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services, confirmed that at least 35 of mourners have lost their lives while several others have been transferred …

Global tensions are mounting following the United States’ assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad International Airport Friday morning. Up to a million mourners poured into the streets of Iran and Iraq for the funeral procession of the longtime leader of the Islamic Revolutionary …

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his threat to strike Iranian cultural heritage sites, asserting to a group of reporters that the United States has the right to bomb such targets. Talking to reporters on Sunday in the White House, Trump dismissed criticism from human rights organizations pointing …

An explosion has rocked Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located. Some reports indicate that a rocket was fired, targeting the area. An unguided (‘Katyusha’) rocket landed inside the Green Zone, Reuters said, citing police sources. There have been no reported casualties so far. Some accounts …

A security camera video, purporting to show the US airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and several leaders of the Iraqi PMF outside the Baghdad airport, has surfaced online. The 11-second clip, first posted by the Iraqi TV station Ahad, shows an explosion ripping through the parking lot …

Iran reserves the right to avenge the US’ killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, with dozens of potential targets already on the list, a senior commander within the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says. “Vital American targets in the region have been identified by Iran a long time ago,” …

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani urges a peaceful solution to ease tensions and restore peace to the region following the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital, …

he Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate, who deployed to Iraq during her service with the US Army National Guard, has repeatedly warned that a conflict with Iran would be “far more devastating” to the US than its Iraq campaign. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has issued a series of statements slamming …

NATO has suspended a training mission in Iraq following the killing of the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, and others by a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport, an alliance spokesman said on Saturday. “The safety of our …

The bodies of deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, and others killed in a US airstrike arrived in the holy city of Karbala on Saturday afternoon. According to the media reports, the bodies are planned to be transported to …