Tag: Qasem Soleimani
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US slaps sanctions on Iran envoy to Yemen’s Huthis
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran’s envoy to Yemen’s Huthi rebels, stepping up pressure as President Donald Trump considers a controversial designation of the insurgents as terrorists. The Treasury Department designated under counterterrorism laws Hasan Irlu, described by Iran as its ambassador to Yemen, where the Huthis control broad swathes of territory…
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Arab leaders voice alarm at UN over Iran tensions
Arab leaders voiced fears Wednesday before the United Nations of new conflict in the region as tensions soar between Iran and the United States. The annual extravaganza of international diplomacy at the UN General Assembly has been turned into a virtual affair this year, with leaders sending in recorded speeches due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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Trump vows ‘1,000 times greater’ response to any Iran attack
US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed that any attack by Iran would be met with a response “1,000 times greater in magnitude,” after reports that Iran planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. A US media report, quoting unnamed officials, said that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the US ambassador…
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Iran says faulty radar system resulted in Ukrainian jet crash
A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without authorisation all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. Iran said that an air defence unit’s misaligned radar system was the key “human error”…
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Iran’s Khamenei announces to remove US from the face of Iraq, Syria
Iran’s supreme leader said Sunday that the United States will be expelled from Iraq and Syria and alleged that even Washington’s allies “abhor” it now. The US “will not be staying either in Iraq or Syria and must withdraw and will certainly be expelled”, said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to his official website. Both the…
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Iraq: Lull between US and Iran before the storm?
Iraq appears calm but tensions are mounting underneath with rival sides ready with their plans and this may erupt into a new cycle of violence between the US and factions like Kataeb-e-Hizbollah supported by Iran.
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PM Imran Khan calls for lifting of Iran sanctions
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan called Friday for the lifting of “unjust” US-led sanctions on neighbouring Iran, so Tehran can better deal with the novel coronavirus crisis. Khan’s comments came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wrote to him asking for help in dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak that has now killed at least 1,433…
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Pentagon warns Iran, avenges American blood lost in Iraq yesterday
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned Thursday that “all options are on the table” after three US-led coalition members, including two American soldiers, were killed in a rocket attack in Iraq. Iraqi and UN officials were scrambling meanwhile to contain the fallout from the strike on Taji airbase, which threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US…
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Deadliest attack on US, UK army in Iraq: many causalities
Two American soldiers and a British soldier were killed Wednesday, a US official said, in the deadliest rocket attack in years on an Iraqi military base hosting foreign troops. The attack threatens a dangerous escalation, with suspected US-led coalition airstrikes promptly targeting Iran-aligned Iraqi fighters in neighbouring Syria, a war monitor said. At least 18…
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Iranians feel stress of turmoil and US sanctions
On a crisp winter’s day the snow glistens on the mountains above Tehran, but the mood is as heavy as the pall of pollution that often shrouds Iran’s capital. In a country weighed down by sanctions, shaken by protests and stressed by military tensions with the United States, many Tehranis struggle to hide their pessimism.…