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Source: US Weighs Dropping Iran's IRGC from Terrorism List

The United States is considering removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The source said Washington had not decided what might be an acceptable commitment from Tehran…

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Israeli Media: 6 Drones Bombed UAV Base in Iran

Israeli media confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli drones destroyed a fleet of Iranian drones in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah in mid-February. The reports come three days after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched ten ballistic missiles at alleged Israeli sites in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan…

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Iran's Shamkhani Links Erbil Attack to Vienna Talks

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani implicitly linked diplomatic efforts at the Vienna talks for reviving the nuclear agreement, and the Revolutionary Guards adopting a “ballistic missile” attack on Erbil against what Tehran labeled as “Israeli centers.” Shamkhani pointed to Iran using both the field and…

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Iran Says it Had Warned Iraq Many Times About Threats

Tehran had warned Iraqi authorities many times that its territory should not be used by third parties to conduct attacks against Iran, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. He was speaking one day after Iran attacked Iraq's northern city of Erbil with a dozen ballistic missiles in an…

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OIC Condemns Missile Attack on Iraq’s Erbil

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Sunday in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. Secretary-General of OIC Hussein Ibrahim Taha affirmed his organization's stand and solidarity with Iraq in the measures it takes to protect its security.…

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Iraq Summons Iran’s Ambassador Over Erbil Attack

Iraq's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Sunday to protest against a ballistic missile attack on its northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, state news agency INA reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for a dozen ballistic missiles that struck Erbil in the early hours of Sunday, Iranian state…

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France: Missile Strike on Erbil Creates Risk for Iran Talks

France's foreign ministry said on Sunday that a ballistic missile strike on Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil threatened efforts to conclude nuclear talks with Iran. The strike, for which Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has claimed responsibility, also threatened stability in Iraq and the wider region, the foreign ministry's…

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Take Responsibility for Attack on Erbil

Iran's Revolutionary Guards released on Sunday a statement taking responsibility for missile attacks against Israeli "strategic centers" in Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, Iran's state media reported. "Any repetition of attacks by Israel will be met with a harsh, decisive and destructive response," the statement said, Reuters reported.…

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Fears Mount Over Iran’s Use Of Lebanon Front To Respond To Israeli Raid In Syria

Fears mounted in Lebanon over a possible Iranian retaliation from the south of the country, after Tehran vowed to respond to the killing of two Revolutionary Guards officers in Syria following an Israeli raid. On Tuesday, the IRGC announced the death of two of its officers in an Israeli bombardment…

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Fire Extinguished at Iranian Military Base, No Casualties

A fire broke out at a military base in western Iran on Monday, according to media affiliated with the country's Supreme National Security Council. There were no casualties reported. "On Monday morning, a fire broke out in a stockroom where motor oil and other flammable materials were stored in one…

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Iran Unveils Missile With a Range of 1,450km

Iran unveiled a new missile with a range of 1,450 kilometers on Wednesday, the semi-official news agency Tasnim said. The missile was displayed during a visit by top Iranian military leaders to the elite Revolutionary Guards' (IRGC) missile bases, Tasnim said, Reuters reported. "The strategic weapon is a third-generation long-range…

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Opposition Says Iran Created Mercenary Naval Unit For Attacks

Iran has created a new naval militia made up of mercenaries from around the region to attack enemies in its neighborhood and particularly off Yemen, the exiled opposition alleged on Wednesday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said the unit had been created as part of the Quds…

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Iran Arrests Head of Chabahar Trade Zone

The director general of Iran's Chabahar Free Zone, an economic development project in the country's southeast, has been arrested for "major offences", state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. It said the prosecutor in Sistan-Baluchistan province placed Abdorahim Kordi in custody, citing a statement from the intelligence branch of Iran's Revolutionary…

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