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Rouhani tells Salih: Blood of commanders will strengthen Iran-Iraq bonds
Jan 06, 2020 09:25President Hassan Rouhani has made it clear in a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart, Barham Salih, that the two neighbors will remain close allies even as they mourn high-profile commanders recently assassinated by the United States.
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Turkey: US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani 'a serious risk to peace'
Jan 06, 2020 09:08Turkey’s foreign minister says the United States’ assassination of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani poses “a serious risk to peace in the region.”
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Lieutenant General Soleimani 'martyr of Quds': Hamas Chief Haniyeh
Jan 06, 2020 08:43Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani is a "martyr of Quds" for he devoted his life to supporting the Palestinian people's struggle against Zionist regime and his assassination by the United States is in many ways similar to crimes committed by the Israeli regime, says Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh.
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US not to leave Iraq, unless they pay for our base: Trump
Jan 06, 2020 05:13US President Donald Trump has vowed to launch sanctions on Iraq after the parliament votes to ban the American forces’ presence in the country.
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Soleimani was to deliver Tehran's reply to Saudi de-escalation letter when martyred: Iraqi PM
Jan 06, 2020 04:15Iraq's Caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has said that Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was set to deliver Tehran's reply to an earlier Saudi message regarding de-escalation talks mediated by Baghdad when he was assassinated.
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Trump warns of ‘disproportionate’ strike amid fears of Iran retaliation
Jan 06, 2020 04:06US President Donald Trump says the US would strike back at Iran “perhaps in a disproportionate manner,” defying pressure from Congress over his war powers amid spiraling tensions between Tehran and Washington.
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In Pictures: Tehran holds huge funeral procession for martyred commanders
Jan 06, 2020 03:37Huge crowds of people have poured out into the streets of Tehran to attend the funeral procession of IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani as well as Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the Second-in-Command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, and several of their comrades who were assassinated in a US attack in Baghdad on Friday.
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Millions pack Tehran's streets to pay homage to Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 06, 2020 02:47Millions of Iranians have packed the streets of Tehran to pay homage to the West Asia's most prominent anti-terror Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated on US President Donald Trump's order on Friday.
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Iran renames airport, route after Lieutenant General Soleimani
Jan 06, 2020 02:31Iranian authorities say a busy airport southwest of the country and a key freeway linked to the capital Tehran have been renamed after Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the former Commander of Iran’s elite Quds Military Force who was assassinated by the US military in Iraq earlier this week.
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Iran summons German envoy over 'unrealistic, harmful' claims against Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 06, 2020 02:14Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Germany’s charge d’affaires to Tehran to strongly protest "unrealistically unwise and harmful" remarks in support of Washington's terrorist move to assassinate Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).