Tag: #AyotullahAliKhamenei
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Grief and mourning after Iran plane crash kills 176
Tehran, Jan 9 (AFP/APP): Bereaved friends and families joined in mourning Wednesday after a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board, as harrowing details started emerging about the victims, most of them from Iran and Canada. Both Canada and the United States called for a full investigation to determine the cause of…
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US deploys troops, Iran vows ‘revenge’ after Soleimani death
Washington, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): Thousands more US troops were ordered to the Middle East on Friday after the United States assassinated Iran’s military mastermind and Tehran promised “severe revenge.” President Donald Trump said top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was “terminated” when he was on the verge of attacking US diplomats but he insisted that Washington…
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Khamenei condemns US, warns Iran will confront threats
Tehran, Jan 1 (AFP/APP): Iran’s supreme leader Wednesday strongly condemned deadly US strikes on Iraq and warned his country was ready to confront threats after US President Donald Trump issued one against the Islamic republic. “I and the government and the nation of Iran strongly condemn this American crime,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a…