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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel called on the European states to respond to the US economic terrorism against Tehran and assassination of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. “The US committed economic terrorism by stepping up economic …

Some 80 US army personnel have been killed and nearly 200 more wounded in Iran’s Wednesday missile attacks carried out in reprisal for the assassination of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. “Early estimates indicate heavy US casualties in Iran’s missile attack,” an informed IRGC …

The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah severely condemned the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Quds Force, and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units’ deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, saying that US soldiers and officers would return home in coffins in …

A top Iranian official and former top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps issued a late midnight warning to President Donald Trump, promising that Tehran will bring Tel Aviv and Haifa to ashes if US dares to reciprocate Iran’s reprisal attack in vengeance for the assassination of IRGC’s anti-terrorism …

Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi announced that the body of the martyred anti-terrorism commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, will be transferred to Iran after funeral processions in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala. “A funeral procession for Lieutenant …

Scores of Iranian athletes, cineastes, actors, officials and celebrities have posted photos of Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US, on their social media pages with messages of condolences and condemnation. Iran’s Culture Minister Seyed Abbas Salehi …

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that the US and its allies tried to disturb the recent naval wargames jointly staged by Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman. “When the joint naval drills of Iran, Russia and China were underway, the …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that his country and Russia and China believe that the US actions have seriously endangered multilateralism in the world. “On my final trip of this decade, consensus among Iran, Russia and China that multilateralism is in grave danger due to US actions and …

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Tehran is determined to continue development of its defense and missile program irrespective of other countries’ pressures. “The enemies of the country know that we firmly and immediately respond to any threat and aggression based on the plans and measures decided by …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned of attempts to annihilate the internationally-endorsed nuclear deal, saying that the Europeans cannot use the mechanisms, envisaged in the agreement against Iran. “If the EU imagines that it can take the ways envisaged in the nuclear deal on the breach of …