Tag: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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US, UK troops among 3 killed in rocket attack in Iraq
No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack but Washington has blamed Iran-backed factions for similar attacks.
March 12, 2020 -
Iranians mark 41st anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani had called for a mass turnout to mark the anniversary of the revolution and condemn the "hostile" moves of the US against Iran.
February 11, 2020 -
Rocket attack on US embassy ‘unacceptable’, says Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei swiftly pledged to take "severe revenge" for Soleimani's assassination.
January 22, 2020 -
Geostrategic Rarity
When the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was literally centre-stage at the Friday prayers, he utilised the opportunity to address a rare sermon that was intrinsically an attempt to debunk the likes of Donald Trump.
January 20, 2020 -
‘Be very careful with your words’: Donald Trump warns Iran supreme leader Khamenei
The 2015 agreement was struck in Vienna between Iran and France, Britain, Germany, the United States, China and Russia.
January 18, 2020 -
Iran owns up
Within 24 hours of the catastrophe, video and other evidence had emerged, clearly indicating that the airliner was hit by a ground-to-air missile, yet Iranian spokesmen and diplomats persisted with their implausible denials.
January 14, 2020 -
Khamenei says missile strike ‘slap in face’ for US, asserts ‘action not enough’
Khamenei added that the 'corrupt presence of the US in the region should come to an end,' saying it has caused 'war, division, and destruction'.
January 8, 2020 -
Iran offers $80 million bounty on Donald Trump for Soleimani’s killing: Report
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani vowed revenge to US, while Iranian MP Abolfazl Aboutorabi threatened to attack the heart of American politics.
January 6, 2020 -
Khamenei vows ‘severe revenge’ on US over Soleimani killing, Iran minister says ‘foolish escalation’
General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were among the eight killed in US airstrike at Baghdad airport.
January 3, 2020 -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of suppressing protest memorials
The massive violent protests broke out on November 15 across Iran, whose economy has suffered under sweeping sanctions from the United States, after the government abruptly hiked fuel prices.
December 28, 2019 -
Japan PM meets Iran leader on mission to ease tensions
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
June 13, 2019 -
US orders non-emergency embassy staff to leave Baghdad, Erbil
The US last year shut its consulate in the protest-hit southern Iraqi city of Basra, blaming "indirect fire" by Iran-backed forces and warning its rival of retaliation for any damage.
May 15, 2019 -
Butchery in Iran
In death, four-year-old Mohammad-Taha Eghdami, whose photograph went viral in Iran over the weekend, symbolises the calculated malevolence that drove terrorists to attack a military parade, killing 29 people, including conscripts and children. Crucially enough, the parade had been organised to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. …
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September 25, 2018 -
Iran ramps it up
Iran has ratcheted up the pressure on Europe, whose diplomats have been scrambling to salvage the nuclear deal that is on the verge of a fizzle after the pullout by Donald Trump’s America. The new initiative, articulated on Tuesday by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unveils a plan to increase uranium enrichment. The government …
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June 8, 2018 -
Nuclear competition
Having been engaged since 2015 in a war without end in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s seemingly reformist Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has now ratcheted up the pressure on Iran, indeed going back in time to compare the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to Adolf Hitler. The comparison between the two figures has not been suitably …
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March 17, 2018 -
Khamenei voices support for Syrian resistance
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday lauded what he called the Syrian government’s resistance against terrorism. “Syria is on the frontline, so our duty is to support the Syrian resistance,” Khamenei said in a meeting with the visiting Syrian Minister of Religious Endowments, Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, and a number of Syrian clerics. He …
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March 2, 2018 -
Collapse of IS is defeat of US: Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Khamenei
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the victory over the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria is a defeat of the US in the region, a media report said. He said the victory over the IS is tantamount to the defeat of plots to sow division and wage a civil …
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November 22, 2017