64.6 F
San Diego
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Home Tags Qassem Soleimani

Tag: Qassem Soleimani

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Iran: Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre was response to 2020 Soleimani killing

0
The Oct. 7 massacre in southwestern Israel was a response to the 2020 killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani by the United States, Tehran claimed on Wednesday. "The Al-Aqsa Flood...
U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally held at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 2, 2018. Credit: Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock.

Trump: Netanyahu ‘let us down,’ Gallant ‘this jerk,’ Hezbollah ‘very smart’

0
Five days after Israel was brutally attacked by terrorists who infiltrated Israel's southern border—slaughtering at least 1,300 people, wounding thousands and taking as many as 150 others hostage—former U.S. President Donald Trump took aim...
.Former National Security Advisor John Bolton. Credit: Christopher Halloran/Shutterstock.

Iranian charged in ‘murder for hire’ plot on ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton

0
A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was charged on Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department for plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton. Shahram Poursafi, 45, is accused of...
The Tehran funeral of Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, Iranian head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, who was assassinated on Jan. 3 by an American drone strike, Jan 7, 2020. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

IRGC commander: Deaths of all US leaders would not vindicate Soleimani killing

0
Mohammad Pakpour, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that killing all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the assassination of former IRGC commander of the Quds Force,...
The Tehran funeral of Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, Iranian head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, who was assassinated by an American drone strike, Jan 7, 2020. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

Soleimani’s death was a blow to Iran, but far from a fatal one

0
Two months ago, on Nov. 7, 2021, one of the Shi’ite militias in Iraq deployed a suicide drone against the home of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The drone exploded, wounding a few security...
Banners featuring Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani on the road in Beirut leading to the Rafik Hariri International Airport in January 2020. Source: An-Nahar.

Statue erected to honor slain Iranian commander torched hours following unveiling

0
Hours after Iran erected a statue to honor the slain Iranian commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, unknown assailants burned it, Iranian media reported on Thursday. The statue was erected...
The Tehran funeral of Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, Iranian head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, who was assassinated by an American drone strike, Jan 7, 2020. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

Nearly two years after Soleimani assassination, IRGC takes over roles reserved for Quds Force

0
Some 21 months after a United States drone strike killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a noticeable shift in the balance of power within the Iranian military system has taken place. The...
Iranian “Ambassador” Hassan Irlu eulogizes his former colleague, Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a memorial service in the Houthi “capital” of Sanaa on Jan. 2, 2021. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency.

Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer

0
The American and Israeli alerts against the possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran and its offshoots over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani continue, and the Iranians are pleased with U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbroglio after the...
Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami. Credit: Wikipedia.

Iranian general: ‘Strong evidence’ Israel behind hit on nuclear mastermind

0
Iran on Wednesday again blamed Israel for the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, claiming that it had “strong evidence” of Jerusalem’s involvement in the Nov. 27 killing of the man believed to be the head...
An Israeli flag draped over a sign in Tehran that reads: "Thank you, Mossad." Source: Twitter.

Banner over busy Tehran street reads: ‘Thank you, Mossad’

0
In what can only be considered a remarkable sight, a banner thanking the Israeli spy agency Mossad—with an Israeli flag draped over it—was seen on a pedestrian bridge over a busy thoroughfare in the...