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Al-Hakim stresses need for withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq
Jan 10, 2020 04:58Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim has stressed the need for US and other foreign troops to leave Iraq as a backlash grows over the recent American assassination of a top Iranian general in Baghdad.
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Iraq negotiating with Russia to buy S-300 missile system: Top Iraqi lawmaker
Jan 10, 2020 04:51A senior Iraqi legislator says Baghdad is in talks with Moscow to purchase Russian-built long-range, surface-to-air S-300 missile defense systems.
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NATO chief: Troop deployment not always best anti-terror option
Jan 10, 2020 03:54The US-led NATO says troop deployment by the military alliance is not always the best anti-terror option as “the best way” is to enable local forces to fight terrorism, a day after US President Donald Trump called on other NATO members to take on a larger role in West Asia.
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Americans must either withdraw voluntarily, or be expelled by force: Hezbollah parl. bloc
Jan 10, 2020 03:46The parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the mass funeral ceremonies for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis across Iraqi and Iranian cities sent a clear message to the Americans that they have no option but to leave West Asia.
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Martyr Qassem Soleimani's 7th day memorial held
Jan 09, 2020 13:59The traditional 7th day memorial ceremony for martyrs Lt. Gen. Qassem Solemani, Gen. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their Iranian and Iraqi colleagues, was held at Hosseiniyeh Imam Khomeini in Tehran, in the presence of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and other senior officials, including several prominent figures from Iraq on the 13 of Jamadi al-Awwal, the tragic martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatema Zahra (SA), the immaculate daughter of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).
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Gen. Qaani: Iran dealt US a first slap by striking American bases in Iraq
Jan 09, 2020 13:55The newly-appointed head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force said that Iran dealt the US “a first slap” by striking two American bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of his predecessor, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Leader: Iran for the moment has only slapped the US for its crime
Jan 08, 2020 04:28Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran’s early Wednesday missile attack on US bases in Iraq following the unpardonable American act of state terrorism in the targeted killing of General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last Friday while on a state visit to Iraq as a government guest, was for the moment just “a slap”, and not the vengeance vowed by the Islamic Republic and its grieving masses.
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Iran blasts NATO chief for justifying US assassination of Gen. Soleimani
Jan 09, 2020 04:11Iran has taken a swipe at the chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for his comments supporting the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, expressing regret that the military alliance has turned into a tool for justifying the West's moves to achieve political objectives.
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Iran informed Iraqi govt. of missile attack on US bases: FM
Jan 09, 2020 02:14Foreign Minister says Iran informed the Iraqi government of its retaliatory attack on US bases, reaffirming Tehran’s respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Arab country.
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Leader offers condolences over tragic plane crash in Tehran, deadly overcrowding at Gen. Soleimani’s funeral
Jan 08, 2020 16:24Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences to the Iranian nation over a passenger plane crash in Tehran and a deadly stampede during the funeral procession for Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in his hometown Kerman.