Qassem Soleimani

August 16, 2022

Rushdie and supporters to be blamed for attack, not Tehran: Iran

In Iran's first official reaction to Friday's attack, ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said freedom of speech did not justify Rushdie's insults against religion.

January 13, 2020
Four injured as rockets hit Iraq military base hosting US troops

A majority of US airmen stationed at the Al-Balad airbase north of Baghdad had already left following tensions between the US and Iran over the last two weeks.
January 08, 2020
Iran 'concludes' attack, says foreign minister; 'All is well,' tweets Trump

A senior official in supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office also added that the missile attacks on the US airbase had been the 'weakest' of the Iranian revenge scenarios.
January 08, 2020
US airbase in Iraq hit by missile attacks hours after Soleimani's funeral

Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed that they fired the rockets in retaliation for last week's killing of Qassem Soleimani.
January 07, 2020
56 killed in stampede at slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani's funeral

A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran.
January 07, 2020
US forces designated 'terrorists' by Iranian parliament for killing general

Under the newly adopted bill, all US forces and employees of the Pentagon and affiliated organisations, agents and commanders and those who ordered the 'martyrdom' of Soleimani were designated as 'terrorists'.
January 07, 2020
US denies visa to Iran's Foreign Minister to attend UNSC meeting

came as tensions escalate between the two countries after the United States killed Iran's most prominent military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad on Friday.

Qassem Soleimani

Rushdie and supporters to be blamed for attack, not Tehran: Iran

Four injured as rockets hit Iraq military base hosting US troops

Iran 'concludes' attack, says foreign minister; 'All is well,' tweets Trump

US airbase in Iraq hit by missile attacks hours after Soleimani's funeral

56 killed in stampede at slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani's funeral

US forces designated 'terrorists' by Iranian parliament for killing general

US denies visa to Iran's Foreign Minister to attend UNSC meeting

Iran offers $80mn bounty for Donald Trump's head

Iran condemns Trump as 'terrorist in a suit' after attack threat

Petrol, diesel prices up for fourth straight day as US-Iran flare-up roils oil market