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I.R.G.C. Chief Calls for Preparing Next Generation to Defend Revolution and Export It Abroad
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  • I.R.G.C. Chief Calls for Preparing Next Generation to Defend Revolution and Export It Abroad

    The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.) has called for preparing Iran’s next generation to defend the country’s clerical establishment and export its revolution abroad. “The next phase of the Islamic Revolution is creating an Islamic government, Islamizing the society, and expanding the Islamic Revolution across the world,” Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari told more than a thousand teachers and school principals at a gathering organized by the Basij Organization on Sunday.

    May 1, 2017

    Khamenei: Engagement with West Hasn't Removed “Shadow of War”
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  • Khamenei: Engagement with West Hasn't Removed “Shadow of War”

    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected President Hassan Rouhani’s claim that his administration’s engagement with the West has removed the “shadow of war” over Iran.

    May 1, 2017

    Soleimani Hails Iranian Health Ministry’s Aid to Wounded Combatants in Syria
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  • Soleimani Hails Iranian Health Ministry’s Aid to Wounded Combatants in Syria

    Iran’s Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani has thanked the country’s Ministry of Health for providing assistance to his forces and Iranian-controlled militiamen fighting in Syria under his command.

    April 28, 2017

    Former I.R.G.C. Chief Says Iran Paid a Price by Hastily Negotiating Nuclear Deal with U.S.
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  • Former I.R.G.C. Chief Says Iran Paid a Price by Hastily Negotiating Nuclear Deal with U.S.

    Former Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.) Commander Mohsen Rezaei said the Rouhani administration “paid a price” and made “tactical and strategic mistakes” by “hastily” negotiating the 2015 nuclear agreement with the United States and five other world powers.

    April 28, 2017

    Rouhani Calls on Islamabad to Prosecute Border Guards’ Killers to Save Ties with Tehran
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  • Rouhani Calls on Islamabad to Prosecute Border Guards’ Killers to Save Ties with Tehran

    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, calling on Islamabad to prosecute perpetrators of an attack that killed 10 Iranian troops along the Iranian-Pakistani border on Wednesday. A militant group called Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack. According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, Rouhani blamed the Pakistani government’s “inaction” and “lack of necessary measures” for repeated attacks originating from Pakistan against Iranian border guards.

    April 28, 2017

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry Slams Israel for Syria Attack
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  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry Slams Israel for Syria Attack

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry slammed Israel for allegedly launching an air strike against Syria, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. “Repeated acts of aggression by the Israeli regime against Syria violate this country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is in breach of international norms,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said. “There is no doubt such attacks are aimed at weakening the legitimate government of Syria… and is against international peace and security.” He also called on the United Nations to make sure such attacks are not repeated.

    April 28, 2017

    New Iranian Ambassador Arrives in Damascus after Six-Month Hiatus
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  • New Iranian Ambassador Arrives in Damascus after Six-Month Hiatus

    Iran’s new ambassador to Syria, Javad Torkabadi, presented his credentials to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Wednesday, the Iranian media reports. He arrived in Damascus on Tuesday and was welcomed by Iranian and Syrian officials, including Syrian Social Affairs Minister Rima al-Qadiri.

    April 28, 2017

    Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif: Do Not Pay Much Attention to Trump’s Words
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  • Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif: Do Not Pay Much Attention to Trump’s Words

    The Iranian foreign minister on Wednesday played down latest remarks by President Donald Trump on the possibility of Washington walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian media reported. “I believe they have broken the spirit of the agreement,” Trump had told the Associated Press. “There is a spirit to agreements, and they have broken it.” Asked by the Iranian press on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran about Trump’s statement, Javad Zarif replied: “Do not pay much attention to Trump’s words.”

    April 26, 2017

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    TEHRAN, IRAN – MARCH 10: Smoke rises among the residential buildings following an Israeli attack on Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)