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President Rouhani visits home of Lieutenant General Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020 13:55Iran's President Hassan Rouhani visited the home of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), who was assassinated in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Friday.
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Iraq's PMU denies strike on fighters as US mounts attacks on anti-terror group
Jan 04, 2020 08:04Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has denied a fresh US airstrike targeted its fighters as the United States steps up attacks on the counter-terrorism paramilitary group in the Arab country.
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Huge crowds of Iraqi mourners join Gen. Soleimani’s funeral procession
Jan 04, 2020 07:25Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting "Death to America" have joined the funeral procession for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi anti-terror forces chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad.
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New York City on high alert after US assassination of top Iranian commander
Jan 04, 2020 06:58Police and security officials in New York City are on high alert for fear of possible retaliatory attacks in response to the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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US sending thousands of additional troops to West Asia: Pentagon
Jan 04, 2020 06:41The Pentagon has announced that the United States is sending at least 3,000 additional troops to the West Asia after the US assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Candle-lit vigil held for General Soleimani in Tehran
Jan 04, 2020 06:21Hundreds of Tehran residents gathered outside the Imam Sadegh Mosque to hold a mourning vigil for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US airstrike in Iraq on early Friday morning.
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No let-up in terror: Fresh US airstrike hits PMU convoy
Jan 04, 2020 05:33Shortly after the United States’ assassination of a senior Iranian commander in Baghdad, a fresh American airstrike hits a convoy belonging to Iraq’s anti-terror fighters north of the Arab country’s capital, reportedly martyring six people.
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Iraq’s National Security Council denounces US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020 04:26Iraq’s National Security Council has condemned a US airstrike that led to the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Soleimani’s body to be transferred to Iran after funeral processions in Iraq
Jan 04, 2020 03:56The body of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States military early on Friday, is to be transferred to Iran after funeral processions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and the cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Iran's most popular general
Jan 03, 2020 17:28Leader: "Cruelest people on earth” martyred the “honorable” commander who “courageously fought for years against the evils and bandits of the world.”