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IRGC practices crippling US’ THAAD system
Jul 30, 2020 03:07The IRGC forces have successfully exercised an operation to incapacitate the US’ THAAD missile defense system in the course of a massive war game in southern Iran, a top commander said.
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Iran’s progress, capabilities causes of concern for US, Israel: FM Zarif
Jul 06, 2020 10:09Iran’s foreign minister says the pressures exerted by the United States and Israel on the Islamic Republic prove that both regimes are concerned about the new grounds Tehran has broken in recent years and its continued progress.
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France's test of nuclear-capable ballistic missile inconsistent with NPT obligations: Iran
Jun 21, 2020 01:14Iran has voiced concern over a recent test-firing of an intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missile by France, saying the test is in clear violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and inconsistent with the European country's commitments vis-à-vis nuclear disarmament.
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Venezuela-bound oil tankers tracked by Iranian satellite: IRGC general
Jun 08, 2020 10:34Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Space Division said the homegrown ‘Noor’ (light) satellite that was launched into space in April is fully operational and has been used to track the oil tankers that recently carried fuel to Venezuela.
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Russia defends Iran’s peaceful space program against US opposition
Jun 05, 2020 01:37Russia has defended Iran’s right to peaceful space technology, dismissing claims by the United States that the recent launch of the country’s first-ever military satellite into the orbit violates a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers.
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Iran planning satellite launch into geostationary orbit
May 11, 2020 06:47Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Space Division said the IRGC has plans to launch satellites into a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) 36,000 kilometers above the Earth.
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Launch of Iranian satellite marks enemies’ intelligence defeat: Top general
May 10, 2020 04:32The enemies of the Islamic Republic, the US in particular, have suffered a big intelligence defeat following the recent successful launch of an Iranian satellite into orbit, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said.
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Trump’s threat to Iran has a hollow ring
May 06, 2020 07:20A tweet by US President Donald Trump on April 22 said, “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.” Trump seems to be talking the language of war while indulging in politics by other means. Like his ban on immigration, he is resorting to distractions to turn attention away from his incompetence in tackling the COVID-19 crisis in the United States.
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Russia decries ‘hypocritical’ US claims against IRGC satellite
Apr 27, 2020 00:43Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has slammed Washington’s “hypocrisy” for condemning Iran’s recent launch of an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps satellite citing UN Security Council resolution 2231.
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Iranian official hails IRGC’s successful launch of military satellite into orbit
Apr 23, 2020 02:38Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi described the IRGC’s successful launch of a military satellite into the orbit as a “golden page” in the history of the country’s space program.