‘Iran is world's leading sponsor of terrorism’: US announces new sanctions against Iran-backed militia groups
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Iran is world's leading sponsor of terrorism’: US announces new sanctions against Iran-backed militia groups

India TV News  

Washington: The United States has announced new sanctions against Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada and its secretary-general, Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, and designated them as 'Specially Designated Global Terrorists', news agency ANI reported citing The Times of Israel. The US Treasury Department has also sanctioned six people linked to the Iran-aligned militia group Kata'ib Hizballah, ANI reported citing The Times of Israel. "Iran, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its external operations force known as the Qods Force, has supported KSS, KH, and other Iran-aligned militia groups with training, funding, and sophisticated weapons--including increasingly accurate and lethal unmanned aerial systems," Blinken said. The United States remains committed to using all available tools to counter Iran's support for terrorism and degrade and disrupt the ability of Iran-backed groups to conduct terrorist attacks," Blinken added.

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Iran launches strikes against 'spy headquarters, terrorist ops' in Iraq and Syria
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran launches strikes against 'spy headquarters, terrorist ops' in Iraq and Syria

India TV News  

Middle East tensions: Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced that they attacked "Israeli spy headquarters" in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region as regional conflict as well as against the Islamic State in Syria, the state media reported late on Monday. one of the main Mossad espionage headquarters in Iraq's Kurdistan region was destroyed with ballistic missiles," the Guards said in a statement. In …

Iran says expansion of Israel-Hamas war 'inevitable'
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran says expansion of Israel-Hamas war 'inevitable'

The Hindu  

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Friday that expansion of the Israel-Hamas war has become "inevitable", amid widespread concern in the region and beyond that the conflict could spread. Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel retaliated with an aerial bombing and ground offensive that the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip says has killed more than 10,800 people, two-thirds of …

Israel-Hamas War: Iran accuses US of 'encouraging' Israel to kill Palestinians
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: Iran accuses US of 'encouraging' Israel to kill Palestinians

Firstpost  

Iran financially and militarily backs Hamas but insists it had no involvement in the Palestinian Islamist group’s October 7 attacks on Israel, the worst in the country’s 75-year history. Accusing the United States of “encouraging” Israel to kill and carry out “cruel acts” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday said that a ceasefire must …

US targets Iranian organisations linked with funding Hamas in fresh rounds of sanctions
1 year, 2 months ago

US targets Iranian organisations linked with funding Hamas in fresh rounds of sanctions

Firstpost  

US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement that the new sanctions highlight Iran’s role in providing financial, logistical and operational support to Hamas The US has issued a fresh round of sanctions on entities linked to Hamas to cut off its funding. US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement that …

US says Iran ‘actively facilitating’ attacks on bases in Middle East
1 year, 2 months ago

US says Iran ‘actively facilitating’ attacks on bases in Middle East

Al Jazeera  

Washington says it will not allow threats to its interests to ‘go unchallenged’ after increase in attacks on its forces in the region. The United States has accused Iran of “actively facilitating” rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on its forces in Iraq and Syria. John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, said on Monday the US …

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issues threat to Israel amid its operation in Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issues threat to Israel amid its operation in Gaza

Op India  

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, stated on Tuesday that if Israel continues its operation in Gaza, Muslims worldwide will become unstoppable. His remarks come a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that if Israel does not stop its actions in Gaza, Iran may take ‘preemptive action’ against it within hours. Israel confirmed, also on Sunday, …

Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel raises questions about the influence of its sponsor, Iran
1 year, 3 months ago

Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel raises questions about the influence of its sponsor, Iran

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel and the war it launched has raised new questions about the influence of its main sponsor, Iran, and whether it had anything to do with the assault. “That said, we haven’t seen hard, tangible evidence that Iran was directly involved in participating in or resourcing, planning these sets of complex attacks that Hamas …

Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program
1 year, 4 months ago

Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used. Other blasts have struck as well, including failures in Iran’s space program that the U.S. has long criticized as advancing Tehran’s ballistic missile program. Fabian …

Iran declares US armed forces and Pentagon as terrorist organisations
5 years ago

Iran declares US armed forces and Pentagon as terrorist organisations

India TV News  

The Iranian Parliament has passed a bill declaring the US military as a terrorist organisation. The Iranian Parliament has declared the act of killing their most celebrated General as 'state- Earlier, Qasem Soleimani's body was laid to rest in his home town in Iran after which the government allocated $220 million for the Quds force responsible for the clandestine military …

Iran designates U.S. forces ‘terrorists’ for killing general
5 years ago

Iran designates U.S. forces ‘terrorists’ for killing general

The Hindu  

Iran's Parliament passed a Bill on Tuesday designating all U.S. forces “terrorists” over the killing of a top Iranian military commander in a U.S. strike last week. Qassem Soleimani, the popular head of the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm, was killed in a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad airport on Friday, ratcheting up tensions between the arch-foes. Under the newly …

Iran designates all US forces ’terrorists’
5 years ago

Iran designates all US forces ’terrorists’

Live Mint  

Iran's parliament passed a bill today designating all US forces "terrorists" over the killing of a top Iranian military commander in a US strike last week. Qasem Soleimani, the popular head of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm, was killed in a US drone strike outside Baghdad airport on Friday, ratcheting up tensions between the arch-foes. Under the newly adopted …

AP Explains: Who are Iraq’s Iran-backed militias?
5 years ago

AP Explains: Who are Iraq’s Iran-backed militias?

Associated Press  

Iran emerged as a major power broker in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003, supporting Shiite Islamist parties and militias that have dominated the country ever since. Iran also supports many of the militias that mobilized in 2014 to battle the Islamic State group, gaining outsized influence as militiamen joined security forces and U.S. troops to defeat the extremists. …

US Declares Iran’s Guard Force a ‘Terrorist Organisation’
5 years, 9 months ago

US Declares Iran’s Guard Force a ‘Terrorist Organisation’

The Quint  

The United States on Monday, 8 April 2019, designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization" in a move to increase pressure on the country that could also have significant military, diplomatic and economic implications throughout the Middle East and beyond. The designation could spark Iranian retaliation as well as potentially open hundreds of foreign companies and business executives to …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, explained
5 years, 9 months ago

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, explained

CNN  

CNN — The United States put Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist groups on Monday. The IRGC is not only Iran’s most powerful military institution, it holds deep influence over domestic politics and the economy, with interests extending to and beyond the construction, telecommunications, auto and energy industries The IRGC and the United States The Revolutionary …

Trump designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization
5 years, 9 months ago

Trump designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump announced Monday the US will formally designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a move some in the administration had opposed over concerns about potential risks to US troops in the Middle East. The step “recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that …

Iran responds in kind to Trump’s IRGC ‘terrorist’ designation
5 years, 9 months ago

Iran responds in kind to Trump’s IRGC ‘terrorist’ designation

Al Jazeera  

Tehran calls US ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ after Washington’s unprecedented step against a foreign gov’t institution. Iran’s Supreme National Council has moved swiftly to brand the United States as a “state sponsor of terrorism”, in a tit-for-tat response to President Donald Trump’s designation of the Islamic Republic’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “foreign terrorist organisation”. In a statement carried …

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