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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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Iran vows to take 'vigorous revenge' over killing of Soleimani
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 03 (ANI): Iran on Friday vowed to take a "vigorous revenge" over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite IRGC.
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Iran releases 7 Indian crew members from seized British tanker
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 5 (ANI): Iran has claimed that it released seven Indian crew members aboard the 'Stena Impero', the British-flagged oil tanker, seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in July, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday.
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5 Iranian boats unsuccessfully try to seize British tanker
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jul 11 (ANI): At least five boats belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday failed in their attempt to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, amid geopolitical tensions in the region, according to two US officials.
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Moscow has information downed US drone violated Iranian airspace
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], June 25 (ANI): Moscow has information that the US military drone, which was shot down by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) last week, was flying within Iranian airspace, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Tuesday.
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Downing of US drone aimed at sending 'clear message' to Washington: IRGC c
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jun 20 (ANI): Iran's move to shoot down US spy drone flying over country's airbase was aimed at sending a "clear message" to Washington, said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami on Thursday.
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Iran claims to have shot down US spy drone
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jun 20 (ANI): The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has shot down a US spy drone flying over Iranian airspace in the southern province of Hormuzgan, state media reported on Thursday.
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After IRGC's terror designation, Iran FM suggests listing US forces too
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Apr 8 (ANI): In response to the United States designating Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "foreign terrorist organisation," Iran's Foreign Minister on Monday suggested the listing of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) in its terror list.
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USA designates Iran's Guard Corps as 'terrorist organisation'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 8 (ANI): In a first, the United States on Monday designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "foreign terrorist organisation" in a bid to pressure Iran into abandoning "its deadly ambitions," according to US Secretary of State Michael Pomp
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US to designate Iranian Guard Corps as terror outfit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): The United States is expected to label the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation by next week, a government official said.
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US further tightens noose around Iran for supplying oil to Syria
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (USA), Nov 21 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions on an international network through which Iran and Russia provide millions of barrels of oil to Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, in exchange for the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars to the Islamic Revolutionar
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U.S. sanctions businesses supporting Iranian recruitment, training of chil
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against a vast network of businesses providing a financial lifeline to the Basij Resistance Force (Basij), a paramilitary force subordinate to Iran's Islami
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