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Pelosy: US House will vote to limit Trump's war powers on Iran
Jan 06, 2020 10:03US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that the legislative body will seek to limit President Donald Trump's "military actions regarding Iran" in the wake of increased tensions between the two countries.
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Trump doubles down on rhetoric to strike Iran cultural sites
Jan 06, 2020 09:52US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his threat to strike Iranian cultural heritage sites, asserting to a group of reporters that the United States has the right to bomb such targets.
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Boris Johnson unequivocally supports Lt. General Soleimani’s assassination
Jan 06, 2020 09:39British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that the British government does “not lament” the terrorist-style assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani at the hand of US forces.
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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.