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Iran TV Says Several Foreigners, a UK Diplomat, Detained for Alleged Spying

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain's second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday. It did not elaborate on when they were arrested or whether they were still under arrest. Britain…

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Mystery Shrouds Iran’s Downplaying of Israeli Assassinations

A senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard colonel Sayyad Khodai was killed outside his home in Tehran on May 22 by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike. In Iran, thousands grieved for Khodai and held his funeral procession, where he was remembered as a hero for fighting ISIS. However, Israeli media…

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Israel’s Spies Have Hit Iran Hard. In Tehran, Some Big Names Paid the Price.

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Iran Replaces Taeb as Head of Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Unit

Iran has dismissed the powerful chief of the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence unit, Hossein Taeb, Iranian state TV reported on Thursday, days after Israeli media accused him of being behind an alleged Iranian plot to kill or abduct Israeli tourists in Turkey. The station gave no reason for the change, but…

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Man Aboard Plane Grounded in Argentina Linked to Iran's Quds Force, Says Paraguay

One of the men aboard a plane grounded near Buenos Aires has ties to Iran's Quds Force, Paraguay's intelligence chief said Friday, despite claims by Argentina that no evidence links the case to Tehran's overseas intelligence. Intelligence chief Esteban Aquino told AFP that Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi did not merely share…

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Israel 'Concerned' over Iran Airlines 'Activities' in LatAm

The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires said Thursday it was "concerned" over the activities in Latin America of two Iranian airlines and hailed Argentina's grounding last week of a plane with Iranian crew. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an Argentine airport since…

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US Awaits ‘Constructive’ Response from Tehran on Nuclear Deal

The United States said on Tuesday it awaits a constructive response from Iran on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal without "extraneous" issues, a possible reference to Iran's demand its Revolutionary Guards be dropped from a US terrorism list. "We await a constructive response from the Iranians, a response that leaves…

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Argentina Seizes Passports of Grounded Plane's Iranian Crew

Five Iranian crew of a cargo plane grounded in Argentina since last week have had their passports temporarily seized pending a probe into possible links to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, officials said Monday. A judge on Monday ordered their travel documents held for an additional 72 hours after Security Minister Anibal…

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Iran Reports Death of Another Revolutionary Guard Colonel

Iran reported the death of another colonel of the Quds force of its Revolutionary Guards on Friday, the second in two weeks from the unit which oversees Iran's military operations abroad. Quoting an unknown official, the early morning report by the official IRNA news agency said Col.

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Israel, Iran Threaten to Expand Revenge Operations

The hidden Iranian-Israeli war has moved to a higher degree of frankness, with senior officials on both sides speaking openly about the threat to escalate assassinations and bombings of all kinds. After Iran published a list of names for Israeli officials who are candidates for assassination, Israeli officials made hints…

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Israeli PM Declares Iranian Regime ‘Immunity’ is Over

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday Iran would not go unpunished for instigating attacks through its proxies, speaking a week after the assassination in Tehran of a Revolutionary Guards colonel that has been blamed on Israel. Bennett’s statement indicates that the shadow war between Iran and Israel is…

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Israel warns against travel to Turkey citing Iran assassination

Israel on Monday warned its citizens against travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination last week of a Revolutionary Guards colonel.

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Israel Warns Against Travel to Turkey Citing Iran Assassination

Israel on Monday warned its citizens against travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination last week of a Revolutionary Guards colonel. Teheran has blamed Israel for the killing of Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead at the wheel of his car by two people on…

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Israeli PM Bennett says Iranian 'immunity' is over

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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