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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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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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UK, Germany, France call out Soleimani role in attacks against US-led coal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 6 (ANI): Extending support to the United States over the killing of Iran's senior military commander Qassem Soleimani, the United Kingdom, Germany and France have condemned the attacks against US-led coalition in Iraq and expressed concern by "negative role" played by T
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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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Airstrike on Iraqi Shia militia in northern Baghdad kills at least five pe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five people were killed on Saturday by an airstrike on a vehicle convoy of Iraq's Shia Popular Mobilization Forces in northern Baghdad, a source in security forces told Sputnik.
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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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