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Iran Calls On “International Community” To Respond To Israel’s Syria Attack

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Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called Monday on the international community to act after the Israeli attack on an Iranian consulate in Damascus killed a senior Guards commander and others. Amir-Abdollahian, in a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, “blamed the consequences of this action on the Zionist regime and stressed the…

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Hezbollah Says Israel Will Pay For Strike On Iran Embassy In Syrian

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This crime will not pass without the enemy receiving punishment, Hezbollah said. Beirut: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel will pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike on the country’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, the day before. Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with Israel in support of its…

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7 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed As Israel Strike Iran Embassy In Syria

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The Iran Revolutionary Guards strongly condemned the attack in a statement. Tehran: Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed, amid worsening regional tensions. Israel said it would not comment on the…

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Guards among 8 reported killed in Israeli strike on Iran consular annex in Syria

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Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Syria on April 1, killing and wounding everyone inside, Damascus said as…

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Iran Alerted Russia To Security Threat Before Concert Hall Attack: Report

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Rescuers extinguishing fire at the burning Crocus City Hall after the shooting (File/Reuters) Dubai: Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said. In the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years,…

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Iran Executed 834 People Last Year, Highest Since 2015: Rights Groups

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At least 22 women were executed, marking the highest number in the past decade. (File) Paris: Iran executed a “staggering” total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said Tuesday. The number of executions, which Iran has carried out…

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Iran votes in first Parliamentary election since 2022 protests as questions over turnout loom

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote during parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran, on March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran began voting on March 1 in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over just…

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Iran Stops Jailed Noble Laureate From Attending Father’s Funeral: Family

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Family had said it was Mohammadi’s “unequivocal right” to attend her father’s funeral. Paris: Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday. Karim Mohammadi, who had not seen his daughter for almost two years, died…

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US Strikes Two Syrian Facilities After Attacks By Iranian Forces

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US forces have been hit more than a dozen times in Iraq and Syria in the past week (File) Washington: The US military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a…

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