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BIZARRE: 3 - What They Never Told You

How US blacklisting of IRGC is stalling Iran nuclear deal revival

Iran wants its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps removed from US ‘terror’ list, a demand Biden is reluctant to grant.

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Mossad Foils Iranian Attempt to Assassinate Western, Israeli Figures

Israeli officials revealed that the Mossad intelligence agency had recently thwarted an Iranian assassination plot against three western and Israeli figures in Turkey, Germany and France. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force had sought to assassinate an Israeli consulate employee in Turkey's Istanbul, a senior American general in Germany and…

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Reject US Proposals to Drop Plans to Avenge Soleimani Killing

Iran will not abandon plans to avenge the 2020 US killing of al-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, despite "regular offers" from Washington to lift sanctions and provide other concessions in return, said a top Iranian official. A State Department spokesperson told Reuters that if Iran wanted sanctions relief beyond the…

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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…

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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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Iran Hands over ‘Iraq’ to Soleimani Successor

The US and Iran have appointed new ambassadors to Iraq. The diplomats come from an intelligence and military background and were involved in the region's crises at different levels. What does this mean for a politically dysfunctional country that has been unable to form a new government since the October…

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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.…

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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…

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Senior US Official: Biden Won’t Remove Iran’s Guards From Terror List

The Biden administration plans to reject an Iranian demand that the United States lift its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as a condition for renewing the 2015 nuclear agreement, a senior administration official told The Washington Post. "The onus is on Iran whether we…

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Top US General Against Removing Iran's Quds Force from Terrorist List

The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said that he does not support removing the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. "I believe the IRGC is a terrorist organization, and I do…

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Iran’s Quds Force should stay on US ‘terrorist’ list: Top general

General Mark Milley tells lawmakers it is his ‘personal opinion’ that the IRGC’s Quds Force should not be delisted.

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Iran Insists on ‘Punishing Those Responsible’ for Soleimani’s Death

Iranian Attorney-General Jafar Montazeri on Sunday said that his country would continue to follow-up on the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani by a US army airstrike.

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Qaani in Baghdad 2 Days after Iran's Strikes on Erbil

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Esmail Qaani arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unannounced visit, two days after the Guards claimed responsibility for ballistic missile attacks against Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…

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Iran Vows to Avenge the Death of 2 IRGC Members in Syria

Israel awaits with anticipation Iran's retaliation for the airstrike on Syria that killed four people on Monday, including two of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Syrian state media said that two civilians were killed during the attack, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said they were two…

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Iran Warns Sadr of Divisions Leading to ISIS Resurgence

While Iraq’s Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shiite parties, holds meetings to announce a new political initiative, Iran’s Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani warned head of the Sadrist Movement Moqtada Al Sadr against the resurgence of ISIS amid Iraqi divisions. Qaani had met with Sadr on Tuesday in the central…

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Anbar Tribes Warn Head of Iraq's PMF against Undermining Security

The tribes of Iraq's al-Anbar warned on Sunday against attempts to destabilize the province. Earlier, a military convoy of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) rode into the province, prompting the warning. Ahmed Abu Risha, head of the Awakening (Sahwa) National Council, warned PMF leader Faleh Fayad that the Anbar tribes…

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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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Israel Says 'Almost Killed' Soleimani in Syria

Former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot revealed that his army had "almost killed" commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani in Syria years before his was assassinated by the United States. In an interview with Israel's Maariv newspaper, he said his forces have carried out several operations against the…

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Anticipating Militia Attacks, Iraqi Security on Maximum Alert in Baghdad

Iraqi security authorities have announced a state of maximum alert as they anticipate armed attacks in Baghdad and other cities. Hours after the visit of the commander of the Iranian “Quds Force,” Ismail Qaani, armed factions held several meetings to discuss “mechanisms to stop Muqtada al-Sadr’s project of forming a…

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