Revolutionary Guards
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Senior Iranian calls for talks with US on nuclear deal if sanctions gradually lifted
- Middle East
- March 8, 2021, 16:47
A senior Iranian hardliner has said Iran is ready to return to talks with the US and western powers on the 2015 nuclear deal if they commit to lifting(...)
Iran seizes South Korean tanker as tensions with US rise
- Middle East
- January 4, 2021, 12:42
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized a South Korean vessel “for polluting the Persian Gulf with chemicals”, amid rising tensions between Iran and t(...)
Iran executes French-based dissident journalist captured last year
- Middle East
- December 13, 2020, 18:36
Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed on Saturday, (...)
Hizbullah losing friends but gaining influence in crisis-hit Lebanon
- Middle East
- August 26, 2020, 14:54
Lebanon’s efforts to form a new government following the massive blast that devastated Beirut are deadlocked at a time the discredited political elite(...)
Iran struggles to fight Covid-19 as US sanctions hurt healthcare
- Middle East
- March 20, 2020, 17:25
The Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar have stepped up to provide Iran with cash and medical aid as the Trump administration has ramped up punitive sanctions (...)
Khamenei says Iranian forces can take fight beyond borders
- Middle East
- January 17, 2020, 09:37
The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, the supreme leader said on Friday, responding to the US killing of his country’s (...)
Iranians protest for third day over downing of aircraft
- Middle East
- January 13, 2020, 07:55
Protesters denouncing Iran’s clerical rulers took to the streets and riot police deployed to face them on Monday, in a third day of demonstrations aft(...)
At least 56 people were killed in a stampede as tens of thousands of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain Iranian military commander in(...)
Middle East braces for backlash after killing of Qassem Soleimani
- Middle East
- January 3, 2020, 19:09
Iraqi militia leaders have put their fighters on high alert as the Middle East braced for the repercussions of the US’s assassination of Qassem Suleim(...)
Gibraltar releases Iranian tanker in defiance of US
- Europe
- August 15, 2019, 12:09
Gibraltar has released an Iranian tanker at the centre of a dispute between Britain and the Islamic republic after a court set aside a last-minute US (...)