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Trump pardons ex-campaign aide, Blackwater contractors and disgraced lawmakers
Dec 25, 2020 19:22US President Donald Trump approved a wave of pre-Christmas pardons, granting clemency to a former campaign aide caught up in the Russia investigation, disgraced Republican lawmakers and several contractors convicted of massacring Iraqi civilian in Baghdad.
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Iraqis suspicious of US plan to close embassy in Baghdad
Dec 25, 2020 09:18A senior Iraqi lawmaker says reports of the US bid to shut down its embassy in Baghdad following recent rocket attacks are “groundless” rumors aimed at forcing the Iraqi government to give in to Washington’s demands.
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Iraq denounces Trump’s pardon of Blackwater guards
Dec 24, 2020 05:47Iraq’s government and the Hezbollah Brigades have denounced a decision by the US President Donald Trump to pardon Blackwater criminals jailed for the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
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Iran capable of confronting enemy's assassination tech: Defense chief
Dec 22, 2020 16:23Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic is capable of overcoming the technological methods deployed by the enemy to carry out targeted killings inside the country.
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Iranian holy city of Qom to commemorate Iraq’s assassinated PMU commander
Dec 21, 2020 12:00Iran’s holy city of Qom is to host a specialized exhibition on the life and works of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the Commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) who was assassinated last January outside Baghdad International Airport on a direct order from US President Donald Trump.
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225 Iranian lawmakers denounce European Parliament sanctions resolution
Dec 20, 2020 12:27The majority of lawmakers at Majlis (Parliament) have strongly condemned the European Parliament’s recent resolution that censured Iran under the guise of protecting human rights, and threatened to take reciprocal action.
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Leader renews vow to avenge Gen. Soleimani's assassination
Dec 16, 2020 08:55Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says vengeance for Iran’s senior commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimeni, who was assassinated by the US, is certain and will be exacted at any time possible.
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Trump, Biden one and the same, Zeinab Soleimani says in interview
Dec 16, 2020 02:33The daughter of Iran’s top anti-terror Commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was martyred in a US assassination drone strike in January, smashes misconceptions about a potential change in Washington’s attitude upon Joe Biden’s takeover of the White House.
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Two oil wells bombed in northern Iraq’s Kirkuk: Sources
Dec 09, 2020 06:30Two oil wells have reportedly been bombed at the Khabbaz Oilfield, located southwest of of Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, causing fire in the area.
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Iranian philanthropist grants first endowments to nuclear sector
Dec 09, 2020 05:24An Iranian philanthropist has become the first person to endow large pieces of his private land worth hundreds of billions of rials for the benefit of scientific research and development in the country’s nuclear industry.