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Iran says 80 'American terrorists' killed in missile strikes on US targets
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Iranian state television on Wednesday claimed that at least 80 "American terrorists" were killed after Tehran launched 15 missiles on US targets in Iraq.
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Most of the 170 passengers onboard Ukraine International Airlines flight d
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Most of the passengers on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight have died, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services, on Wednesday.
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4.9 magnitude quake jolts Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit near the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran on Wednesday.
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Ukrainian Airlines flight with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): A Ukrainian Airlines flight carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on Wednesday, according to Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA.
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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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Don't seek escalation or war, took proportionate measures in self-defence:
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): Hours after Tehran launched retaliatory short-range ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday said that his country took 'proportionate measures in self-defence' and that it does
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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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Iranian Parliament designates US Army, Pentagon as terrorist entities
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian Parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to designate the US Army and Pentagon as terrorist entities in the wake of the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, the country's Tasnim news agency reported.
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Death toll from Kerman stampede rises to over 50 during Soleimani's mourni
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): A stampede at the funeral for slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman in Iran has claimed more than 50 lives on Tuesday, state media said.
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35 mourners killed in stampede during funeral of Iran's military general S
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (ANI): At least 35 mourners were killed and dozens of others sustained injuries on Tuesday in a stampede during the funeral for Iranian general Qasem Soleimani at his hometown in Kerman, according to the Iranian television.
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Tens of thousands turn out in Iranian city for Soleimani's funeral
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (ANI): A sea of black-clad mourners on Tuesday poured into the streets of Kerman to attend the funeral of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian General killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad last week.
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Trump made right decision to stop Soleimani from terror campaign, says Pom
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): Amid soaring tensions over Iranian general Qasem Soleimani's killing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday again backed President Donald Trump's action to order the airstrike near Baghdad International Airport that killed the senior general, who was
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