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Iran says crew of two seized Greek tankers not detained and are on board

Iran's state maritime body said on Saturday the crew of two Greek tankers seized by its Revolutionary Guards on Friday had not been detained, and were in good health and being cared for on board their vessels.

Reuters · May 28, 2022

US Says it Imposes Sanctions on Moscow-Backed Iranian Oil Smuggling Network

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on what it described as a Russian-backed oil smuggling and money laundering network for Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, even as Washington tries to revive the Iran nuclear deal. The US Treasury Department said the network was led by current and former Quds…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 25, 2022

Iran Buries Slain Revolutionary Guards Colonel, Vows Revenge

Iran held a funeral procession on Tuesday in the center of the capital Tehran for Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle, and his commander vowed to avenge the attack. State television showed crowds surrounding a truck carrying Khodai's casket, wrapped…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 25, 2022

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Iran buries slain Revolutionary Guards colonel, vows revenge

Iran held a funeral procession on Tuesday in the centre of the capital Tehran for Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle, and his commander vowed to avenge the attack.

Reuters · May 24, 2022

Iran Says Will 'Avenge' Killing of Guard Colonel

Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 23, 2022

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Shell Militant Bases North of Iraq’s Erbil, Says State Media

Iran's Revolutionary Guards shelled an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television described as terrorist bases. Iraqi Kurdish media reported that an artillery shell had landed in a village in the Sidekan area near the Iranian border, around 60 miles (100…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 11, 2022

Iran's Tasnim says Revolutionary Guards fired on positions in Iraq's Erbil

Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp had targeted positions of what it described as terrorist groups in Iraq's Erbil.

Reuters · May 11, 2022

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Congress Fires Its Warning Shot on Iran Nuclear Deal

The US Congress fired a warning shot at the US administration's efforts to return to the nuclear agreement with Iran. A total of 16 Democrats voted with almost all Republicans to approve Sen.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 6, 2022

Iran: Outstanding Issues at Vienna Talks Not Limited to Revolutionary Guards

A news platform associated with Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) reported that unresolved issues at the Vienna talks aiming to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are not exclusive to clearing sanctions facing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Nour News, a website affiliated to the secretary of the SNSC, blamed the Biden…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 4, 2022

Iran's Guards Commander Says Israel Creating Conditions for Own Destruction

Israel’s actions are creating conditions for its own destruction, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander on Friday told a Jerusalem Day rally at which the country’s new domestically-made Kheibar Buster missile was displayed. “Stop your vicious deeds. You know well that we are people of action and reaction,” Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 30, 2022

Iran's Guards commander says Israel creating conditions for own destruction

Israel is creating conditions for its own destruction, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday during a Jerusalem Day rally in which the country’s new domestically-made Kheibar Buster missile was displayed.

Reuters · Apr 29, 2022

Iran Guards seize foreign ship in Gulf for smuggling fuel - Fars

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf for smuggling 200,000 litres of fuel, a senior Guards commander told the semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2022

IRGC Commander Survives Assassination Attempt in Sistan-Baluchestan

Gunmen have attacked the car of a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), killing one of his bodyguards, according to state media. Saturday’s report identified the dead man as Mahmoud Absalan, the bodyguard of Brigadier-General Hossein al-Massi, who survived the ambush in Sistan-Baluchestan province. Absalan is the son…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2022

Iran Revolutionary Guards general unhurt after car shot at - state media

Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a senior Revolutionary Guards commander in restive southeastern Iran early on Saturday, killing a bodyguard, Iranian state media reported.

Reuters · Apr 23, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2022

Iran Revolutionary Guards General Unhurt after Car Shot at

Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a senior Revolutionary Guards commander in restive southeastern Iran early on Saturday, killing a bodyguard, Iranian state media reported. Brigadier General Hossein Almassi, a Guards commander in Sistan-Baluchistan province, was unhurt after the attack and the attackers were arrested, the official news agency…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2022

US Says Iran Must Address its Concerns for Sanctions Relief Beyond Nuclear Deal

The United States said on Thursday if Iran wanted sanctions relief beyond that of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - an apparent reference to removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from a US terrorism list - it must address US concerns beyond the pact. "We are not negotiating in public, but if…

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Iran must address U.S. concerns for sanctions relief beyond nuclear deal - U.S.

The United States said on Thursday if Iran wanted sanctions relief beyond that of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - an apparent reference to removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - it must address U.S. concerns beyond the pact.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Iran has rejected U.S. offers to lift sanctions in exchange for Tehran abandoning Soleimani revenge - ISNA quotes Guards Navy Commander

Iran has rejected "regular offers from its enemies" to lift sanctions in return for Tehran abandoning its plans to avenge the U.S. assassination of Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, the semi-official ISNA news agency quoted the Guards' Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri as saying on Thursday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 19, 2022

US Firm on Nuclear Accord

The United States on Monday appeared to dismiss a key Iranian demand to salvage a nuclear accord as Tehran blamed Washington for the prolonged impasse. Iran and the United States have been negotiating indirectly in Vienna for a year to restore the 2015 agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022

Iraqi Officials: No Proof of Mossad Base in Erbil

No evidence has been found that supports Tehran's claims that Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, operated a permanent spy station in the Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq, two Iraqi officials told Asharq al-Awsat on Monday, discussing the country's investigation into a March 13 missile attack by Iran’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2022

Qaani Says Israel's Destruction 'Gaining Ground', Defends Missile Attacks on Erbil

After a notable absence from the media, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, Esmail Qaani threatened on Thursday to destroy Israel, while defending Tehran's firing of ballistic missiles on Erbil. Iran will harshly confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary", Qaani said, according to the semi-official Nour News agency.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022

Qaani: Iran Will Harshly Confront Israel 'Wherever It Feels Necessary'

Iran will harshly confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary", Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Nour News agency. In March, Tehran targeted what it called "secret Israeli bases" during a missile attack on Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of…

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022

Iran Guards commander says death of all US leaders would not avenge Soleimani killing

The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the U.S. assassination of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' top commander Qassem Soleimani two years ago, a senior Iranian Guards commander said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 13, 2022

Iranian Commander Says Death of All US Leaders Would Not Avenge Soleimani Killing

The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the death of Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards general said. Soleimani was killed in January 2020 by the US military while on a visit to Iraq. Iran vowed a "crushing revenge" on all…

Reuters · Apr 11, 2022

Analysis-Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing

One of the last obstacles to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - Tehran's demand to remove its Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - is more an issue of politics than substance, analysts said.

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