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US imposes sanctions on Iran's IRGC general
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D. C. [United States], Jan 19 (Xinhua/ANI): The US State Department on Saturday said that it had imposed sanctions on a brigadier general of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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US sanctions Iranian General for involvement in 'gross violations of human
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Jan 19 (ANI): US State Department on Saturday (local time) said it has designated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour, Khuzestan Province's Vali Asr Commander, for his involvement in "gross violations of human rights against pro
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IRGC commander says he takes full responsibility for Ukrainian airliner cr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (ANI): A senior commander of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday he takes full responsibility for the Ukrainian airliner crash near Tehran that claimed the lives of all 176 people aboard.
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Iran threatens to attack Dubai, Haifa if country is bombed
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that it will launch attacks on cities of Dubai in the UAE and Haifa in Israel if the Iranian soil is bombed in the future.
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Deadly attack on Soleimani came from helicopter: Iran official
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): The strike at Qaseem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, came from a US helicopter, an IRGC major general told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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US mocks Iran, calls it 'hypocritical' to declare 3 days of mourning after
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): The United States on Sunday mocked Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei for declaring three days of mourning after the recent killing of Qasem Soleimani, chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, in an airst
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Michael Pompeo speaks to Israeli PM about 'need to counter Iranian threat'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the importance of "countering Iran's malign influence and threats to the region."
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Iraq declares three-day mourning for victims of US targeted airstrike in B
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 5 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi declared three days of mourning in the country, following the killing of Iran's IRGC Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and six others in the US targeted airstrike in Baghdad.
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Multiple rockets launched in Baghdad's Al-Jadiriya, Balad Airbase
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 5 (ANI): Multiple rockets were launched in Baghdad's Al-Jadiriya area and outside Balad Airbase here on Sunday, informed Iraqi Army official.
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Soleimani responsible for killing at least 603 US personnel, says US State
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): US Department of State on Saturday announced that the slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani was responsible for killing at least 603 US service members and for killing thousands more in Iraq.
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Thousands join funeral of Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (ANI): Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined the formal funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, who was killed a day before near Baghdad's international airport in an airstrike o
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Took action last night to 'stop war': Trump after Soleimani's killing
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the execution of Iran's elite IRGC Qassem Soleimani by US military was aimed 'to stop a war, not to start a war.'
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