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Iranian Commander Threatens to Destroy Haifa, Tel Aviv

Iran will raze the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa should its enemy Israel make any mistake, Commander of the Iranian army ground forces Kiumars Heydari threatened on Tuesday. “For any mistake made by the enemy, we will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground by the order of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 8, 2022

Iranian army commander threatens Israeli cities if enemy makes "any mistake" -Tasnim

Iran will raze the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa should its enemy Israel make any mistake, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Iran's regular army ground forces' commander Kiumars Heydari as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jun 7, 2022

Iran Authorities Seize Vessel Allegedly Carrying Smuggled Fuel

Iranian authorities have seized a vessel carrying 106,500 liters of smuggled fuel and arrested nine crew members, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. "On the orders of the Qeshm Prosecutor, the officers of the marine base, while identifying a vessel carrying 106,500 liters of smuggled fuel, started the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 30, 2022

Revolutionary Guards say colonel assassinated in Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran.

Reuters · May 22, 2022

Qatari FM: Iran says has matters 'under review' over nuclear pact -al Jazeera TV

(This May 21 story was corrected after Al Jazeera TV corrected translation to "under review" [not "compromise"], headline, paragraph 1.)

Reuters · May 21, 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

Iran MPs Set Conditions for Reviving 2015 Nuclear Deal Amid Stalled Talks

Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the US Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Iran and the United States have engaged in indirect talks in Vienna over the past year to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022

Second Iran Cleric Dies after Knifing at Shrine

A suspected militant attack at a revered shrine in Iran has claimed the life of a second Shiite cleric, state television said on Thursday. The death of Sadegh Darai was reported as thousands of mourners attended the funeral of another Shiite cleric, Mohammad Aslani, stabbed by the same suspected extremist,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022

One Iran Cleric Dead, Two Wounded in Stabbing Attack in Mashhad

One Iranian cleric was stabbed to death and two others were injured on Tuesday in a rare attack at Iran's largest Shiite religious complex in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iranian state media reported. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said the assailant had been arrested and the injured clerics were…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022