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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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Was offered safe passage in exchange for my support to govt's move on Kash
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government offered to drop money-laundering charges against him and provide with a "safe passage to India" in return for his support to the government's move to revoke A
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Iran refutes claims Ukrainian Boeing 737 downed by missile
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 10 (ANI): Iran on Friday refuted claims that the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near its capital Tehran, killing 176 people, was hit by a missile, saying that the cause behind the mishap would be determined only after opening the black box, state-run Islamic Republ
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Iran declares Jan 9 mourning day after plane crash, Kerman stampede at Sol
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 09 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian government has declared January 9 as the day of national mourning over the deadly Ukrainian passenger plane crash and a stampede at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force, in his home
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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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Iran launches second series of rockets toward US targets in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 08 (ANI): The second series of rockets have been launched toward US targets in Iraq soon after over a dozen of ballistic missiles struck two military bases used by US forces in Iraq, Iranian media reported.
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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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UNESCO asks US, Iran to protect cultural sites
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 07 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has asked Iran and the US to observe conventions obliging states to protect cultural sites after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian culturally important locations.
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US disappointed with Iraq Parliament decision to expel all foreign troops:
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 06 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed disappointment over Iraq's decision to expel all foreign troops from its territory and cutting off ties with the US-led international anti-terrorist coalition.
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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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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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