Qassem Soleimani
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Twitter bans account of Iran’s top leader after Trump threat
Dubai: Twitter said on Friday it had permanently banned what it called a fake account thought to be connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after a posting that seemed to…
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Iraqi court issues arrest warrant against Trump for murder
Baghdad: An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year, Iraq’s judiciary said. The…
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Iran strikes defiant tone at the UN under crushing US sanctions
Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered a defiant and fiery speech on Tuesday to the UN General Assembly as his nation grapples with the Middle East’s worst coronavirus outbreak and a weakened economy,…
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Iran abandons n-deal in response to Soleimani’s death
Tehran: The Iranian government has announced that it would abandon the nuclear deal signed with several world powers in 2015, in response to the US drone attack that killed Major General Qasem…
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Soleimani’s killing: It is building up to a terrible crescendo
The assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani by US airstrikes in Iraq, brings West Asia nearer the precipice. By this action, President Trump, who cannot get out of Afghanistan, has got himself…
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Top Iranian commander killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Tehran: Gen Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, has been killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the IRGC confirmed…