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Iranian official who took part in 1979 Iran hostage crisis dies of coronavirus
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By Caleb Parke | Fox News Hossein Sheikholeslam, Another high-ranking official in Iran has died from the coronavirus, according to state media. Hossein Sheikholeslam, 68, the former Iranian ambassador to Syria, studied at the University of California…
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Nigerian confirmed one of the victims of Ukrainian plane shot by Iranian missile
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A Nigerian, Dauda Onoruoiza, has been confirmed to be among the 176 passengers and crew that were killed on Wednesday when a missile from the Iranian forces hit Ukraine International…
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Breaking: Iran admits to ‘unintentionally’ shooting down airliner that killed all 176 people on board
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· Wreckage of the Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, which crashed shortly after takeoff lie on the ground near Shahedshahr, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.*…
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How to Avoid Another War in the Middle East
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De-escalating After the Soleimani Strike By Kelly Magsamen A protest against the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, January 2020 Killing the Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani may well have been the…
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Iran and the United States: What Comes Next ?
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By George Friedman In order to understand the current confrontation between Iran and the United States, we might begin with the Persian-Babylonian wars. Alternatively, we could begin with the decision…
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How Iranian General was targeted by Hellfire missile after years of tracking his whereabouts – Report
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Tracked for years…wiped out by a drone: How Qassem Soleimani was targeted by 230mph laser guided Hellfire missile fired from near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone after years of intelligence tracking…
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What a War With Iran Would Look Like
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By Ilan Goldenberg Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard at a parade in Tehran, September 2011/REUTERS Tensions between Iran and the United States are at their highest point in years. The…
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US citizens ordered to leave Iraq after airstrike kills Iranian general
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The US embassy in Baghdad has called on all American citizens to leave Iraq immediately. It comes just as top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike…
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We will revenge ‘US terrorism’, Iran vows
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Iran has vowed to revenge the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike by the U.S. military late Thursday. U.S military establishment, the Pentagon said the killing of the…
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Why We Killed Iranian General In Airstrike – US
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The Pentagon said on Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. Soleimani, architect…
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US hits pro-Iran group with deadly strikes in Iraq, Syria
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Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Iran-backed Hezbollah brigades take part in a military parade to mark the pro-Palestinian Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Baghdad in May this year The US has…
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Iran Military Power Report Statement
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NOV. 19, 2019 The following remarks were delivered by Christian Saunders, the Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for Iran, Defense Intelligence Agency. The complete report is posted at: https://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Iran_Military_Power_V13b_LR.pdf Today, the…
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Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals, By Jonathan Marcus
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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia and Iran are at loggerheads. They have long been rivals, but it’s all recently got a…
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Trump denies Iran held ‘CIA spies’ after ‘breaking up ring’
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President Trump of US* Iran’s claims that it broke up a CIA spying ring have been dismissed as “totally false” by Donald Trump. Tehran also said it had sentenced…
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Germany Plans To Sanction Iran Airline – Report
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Germany Map Germany plans to ban Iranian airline Mahan Air from its airports, media reported Monday, in an escalation of sanctions adopted by the European Union against Iran over attacks…