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Ayatollah Khamenei appoints new IRGC chief commander
Apr 22, 2019 01:50Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as the new chief commander of the military elite force, promoting him to the rank of major general.
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Iran FM warns about long-term repercussions of US blacklisting of IRGC
Apr 18, 2019 01:30Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of "long-term and immediate repercussions" of the US designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, urging global action against Washington’s acts of adventurism.
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Leader: Region would face unclear fate if Iran armed forces had not counter Daesh
Apr 17, 2019 11:27Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the region would have been facing an unclear fate had it not been for the Iranian Armed Forces’ efforts against Daesh terrorists.
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PM Abdul-Mahdi rejects US claim about IRGC’s role in Iraqi economy
Apr 17, 2019 04:17Iraq has resolutely refuted a recent US claim that Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) plays a part in the Arab country’s economic affairs, saying Washington is lying about the role of the elite military force, which in fact helped the Baghdad government defeat the terror group Daesh.
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Syria’s Assad denounces US for blacklisting Iran’s IRGC
Apr 17, 2019 00:31President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has censured the US for blacklisting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which has been greatly contributing to his country’s fight against terrorists.
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Trump's decisions on Golan, IRGC aim to serve Israel interests: Zarif
Apr 16, 2019 12:26Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US recognition of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as part of Israel and its designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist" organization show that Washington’s policies are based on serving Israel’s interests.
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Enraged by serial defeats in region, US targeted IRGC: Top cmdr.
Apr 16, 2019 12:23The chief commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States has blacklisted the elite defense force out of the “vengeance and outrage” resulting from Washington's back-to-back defeats in the region.
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Iran: MPs adopt countermeasure against US blacklisting of IRGC
Apr 16, 2019 12:19The Iranian Parliament (Majlis) has overwhelmingly approved the general outlines of a motion devised by the legislature to counter the United States’ blacklisting of the Islamic Republic’s elite defense forces.
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US blacklisting rooted in IRGC’s regional victories: Velayati
Apr 16, 2019 07:13A senior Iranian official says the US’s decision to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is rooted in Washington’s dissatisfaction with the elite military force’s numerous victories against terrorists in regional countries.
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Iraqi resistance groups express solidarity with Iran's IRGC amid US blacklisting
Apr 14, 2019 03:59Iraqi resistance groups, which have been a major partner in the national army's sweeping counter-terrorism operations, have thrown their weight behind Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the face of the US blacklisting of the elite military force.