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Qassem Soleimani
In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wearing a protective face mask, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2021. (Office of the Iranian supreme leader via AP)
May 2, 2021, 8:52 pm
Iran’s Khamenei says remarks by Zarif in audio leak a ‘big mistake’
Supreme leader lashes FM for bemoaning military’s influence on foreign policy
By AFP and TOI staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 2020. (Matias Delacroix/AP)
May 2, 2021, 5:09 pm
Zarif apologizes for leaked comments, hopes Iranian people will ‘forgive’ him
Recording surfaced 2 months before Iran’s presidential election and amid indirect talks aimed at restoring 2015 nuclear deal
By Agencies and TOI staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks in Moscow, Russia, January 26, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
May 2, 2021, 4:44 pm
Zarif may well have leaked explosive tapes ahead of presidential run
Iran’s FM is facing intense criticism for comments about the IRGC and Soleimani, but analysts say it’s the ideal way to get his message to the public
By Lazar Berman
In this February 23, 2021 file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses a conference in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
April 29, 2021, 5:12 pm
Shakeup in Iran’s presidential office after Zarif tape leaked
Rouhani fires head of think tank that recorded hours-long interview in which Iran’s FM described sharp divides within the regime
By AP and TOI staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
April 28, 2021, 8:06 pm
Iran’s Rouhani claims Israel ‘directed’ US killing of top general Soleimani
Leader calls Trump ‘a mercenary of Zionist regime’; says controversial recording of foreign minster Zarif complaining of Soleimani’s power was leaked to sow ‘discord’
By TOI staff and AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks in Moscow, Russia, January 26, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
April 27, 2021, 8:27 pm
Iran orders probe into leaked audio of Zarif bemoaning military’s influence
Rouhani-ordered investigation seeks to identify who released ‘stolen’ three-hour recording that has sparked anger among country’s conservatives
By Amir Havasi
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 2020. (Matias Delacroix/AP)
April 26, 2021, 9:02 am
Zarif criticized Soleimani’s power, said Russia tried to sabotage Iran nuke deal
In leaks from recording last year, minister says he was often kept in dark as IRGC dictated policy, was ‘astonished’ when US told him of Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria
By TOI staff
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard answers questions on a report of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on June 19, 2019, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
March 29, 2021, 5:39 am
UN investigator who declared Soleimani killing unlawful named Amnesty chief
Agnes Callamard also led probe into murder of Jamal Khashoggi, concluded it was likely state-sanctioned by Saudi Arabia
By AP
Illustrative: A supporter of the Hezbollah terror group uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of photo of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, February 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
March 27, 2021, 5:57 pm
US military contractor pleads guilty to passing intel to man with Hezbollah ties
Mariam Taha Thompson, a Pentagon linguist in Iraq, admits to passing names of government assets to Lebanese individual, who sought the info after US strike on top Iranian general
By Agencies
A District of Columbia Fire Boat checks buoys in the waterway next to Fort McNair, seen in background in Washington. March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
March 21, 2021, 6:01 pm
Iran threatens Washington army base, top US general — intelligence officials
NSA said to have intercepted Revolutionary Guard chatter on mounting ‘USS Cole-style attacks’ against Fort McNair, a reference to deadly 2000 suicide attack in Yemeni port of Aden
By JAMES LaPORTA
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 27, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
February 28, 2021, 7:13 pm
Former US secretary of state Pompeo: Many Saudis want normalization with Israel
America’s erstwhile top diplomat asserts killing of top Iranian general enabled the Abraham Accords between the Jewish state and 4 Arab countries
By AFP
Rescue teams work amid debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)
February 24, 2021, 7:42 am
UN expert says Iran lied about downing of Ukraine airliner
Special UN rapporteur says Tehran’s explanation of 2020 incident, which killed 176, contradicts facts and technical assessments of experts
By AFP
Illustrative: Passengers queue to get on buses in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP/Mulugeta Ayene)
February 15, 2021, 7:08 pm
Ethiopia foils Iranian plot to target UAE embassy in Addis Ababa — report
16 suspected cell members nabbed in what Western intelligence officials believe is part of broader plot to hit ‘soft targets’ of Israel and its allies in Africa in revenge attacks
By TOI staff
Supporters of Hezbollah terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah chant slogans ahead of his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, January 5, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
February 9, 2021, 7:48 pm
IDF: Hezbollah likely to initiate limited battles with Israel in 2021, not war
Military releases annual intelligence assessment for coming year, sees Iran shifting focus to Yemen and Iraq as possible launchpads for attacks on the Jewish state
By Judah Ari Gross
In this July 1, 2019 photo, United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths speaks during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
February 7, 2021, 4:54 pm
UN Yemen envoy makes first visit to Iran in push for peace
Martin Griffiths meets with Iran’s top diplomat to negotiate an end to humanitarian crisis, days after Biden pulls support for Saudi-led coalition
By Agencies and TOI staff
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