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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 4, 2018, 2:24 pm
Iran supreme leader promises to ‘slap’ US, defeat sanctions
Khamenei says economy can withstand economic penalties, vows to never allow Islamic Republic to surrender to America
By TOI staff
Major General Yoel Strick, Commander of the Northern Command, at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2018, 9:19 pm
In threat to Iran, IDF general says another war in the north will be the last
Northern Command head Yoel Strick downplays danger posed by Hezbollah, says Israeli citizens should trust in military to protect them
By Judah Ari Gross
Members of the pro-Syrian government forces ride on a tank as it drives down a street in the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, on November 20, 2017. (AFP/ STRINGER)
August 26, 2018, 10:01 am
Pro-Iran militias turn on Assad, try to establish land corridor to Mediterranean
Israel worriedly follows developments around key border crossing in eastern Syria, where battles between longtime civil war allies have been reported for first time
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative: Iranian Navy exercise in 2011. (CC BY, Mohammad Sadegh Heydari, Wikimedia Commons)
August 9, 2018, 3:46 am
Iran naval drills designed to send message to Washington, US general says
Central Command chief Joseph Votel says Quds Force’s Qassem Soleimani likely behind ‘destabilizing activity’
By AFP
July 26, 2018, 2:14 pm
Iranian general warns Trump that ‘nation of martyrdom’ is waiting for him
Elite Quds force commander says he is responding as a soldier to ‘gambler’ US president after Trump declared that Islamic Republic would ‘suffer consequences’ for its threats
By AP and TOI staff
Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.(YouTube screenshot)
July 17, 2018, 4:33 pm
Amid technical woes, Iran security chief said to stand up Gaza crowd
Wet Gunpowder gathering goes out with a whimper after Egypt reportedly tells Hamas leaders to stay away from the event
By Adam Rasgon
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani listens during a joint press conference with Austrian President following talks on July 4, 2018 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. (AFP PHOTO / APA / GEORG HOCHMUTH)
July 5, 2018, 10:13 pm
Surge of hardliner support for Rouhani after his anti-Israel words
Revolutionary Guards’ head thanks president for ‘wise and appropriate’ words while his hawkish comments imply he may block the Strait of Hormuz
By Marc Jourdier
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, May 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
June 11, 2018, 9:47 pm
PM Hariri says Iran should stay out of Lebanon’s affairs
Iranian General Qassem Soleimani praises Hezbollah’s gains in recent elections, with the group saying it can block or push through legislation
By AP and TOI staff
The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, boasts about the terror group's close relations with Iran and Hezbollah, in an interview with Lebanon's al-Mayadeen TV, May 21, 2018. (Middle East Media Research Institute via YouTube)
May 23, 2018, 12:48 pm
Hamas chief boasts of Tehran’s support, close ties to Hezbollah
Yahya Sinwar, terror group’s Gaza leader, lauds ‘strong, powerful and warm’ relations with Iranian general thought behind recent rocket attack on Israeli troops from Syria
By Sue Surkes
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lays out the Trump administration's new Iran strategy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, in Washington, on May 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 23, 2018, 8:07 am
Pompeo says he merely asked Iran to ‘behave like a normal nation’
US secretary of state rejects claims that the demands he set Tehran this week are a ‘fantasy;’ is ‘confident’ sanctions can be coordinated with Europe
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
General Ismail Kowsari, Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Tharallah base, seen on Al-Alam TV on September 27, 2017. (YouTube screenshot/Middle East Media Research Institute)
May 22, 2018, 3:07 pm
Iranian officer: US secretary of state deserves ‘strong punch to the mouth’
Ismail Kowsari of Revolutionary Guard lashes back at Pompeo for threatening ‘the strongest sanctions in history’ on Tehran
By TOI staff
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in the poster, celebrate in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, early Monday, May 14, 2018 (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
May 20, 2018, 2:30 pm
Iraq’s election winner al-Sadr, promising reform, is constrained by Iran
Tehran holds sway with some of Iraq’s most powerful politicians, and it is trying to rally them as a bloc to undercut the cleric
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and PHILIP ISSA
Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader and head of Hikma party Ammar al-Hakim (L) and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr meet in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf on May 17, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / Haidar HAMDANI)
May 19, 2018, 10:33 am
Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq election, but forming government far off
The former Shiite militia leader now opposes Iran involvement in Iraq; Tehran dispatches a powerful general to try and block his path to power
By AFP and AP
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (C) meets with Golan Regional Council head Eli Malka (L) and Katrzin Regional Council head Dmitry Apartzev (R) during a tour of the Golan Heights town of Katzrin on may 11, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
May 11, 2018, 3:03 pm
Israel urges Assad to ‘throw out’ Iranian forces: ‘They only harm you’
Defense minister reassures residents of the north that things are ‘back to normal’ following massive airstrikes in Syria
By TOI staff
An Israeli artillery unit takes position near the Syrian border on the Golan Heights on May 9, 2018. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 10, 2018, 10:40 pm
Iran attacked Israel from Syria without notifying Damascus – report
Assad’s regime appears to be distancing itself from Tehran’s missile fire
By TOI staff
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