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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the anniversary of the 1989 death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, June 3, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
September 20, 2020, 12:32 pm
Iran said refraining from attack on US, fearing it could help Trump’s reelection
Citing US intel reports, NY Times says Khamenei fears direct confrontation will help president’s campaign and believes Natanz attack was intended to provoke a clash
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a pro-government rally in the capital Tehran's central Enghelab Square on November 25, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
September 19, 2020, 2:14 pm
‘Honorable revenge’: Iran vows hit on all involved in US killing of Soleimani
Dismissing report of threat to US ambassador to South Africa, Gen. Hossein Salami says those with ‘direct and indirect roles’ will be targeted to avenge commander’s death
By Agencies and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in McClellan Park, California, September 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 15, 2020, 8:28 am
Trump threatens ‘1,000 times greater’ response to any attack by Iran
US president issues warning after reports say Tehran plotting revenge for US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani
By TOI staff
In this 2012 file photo, Lana Marks and her husband, Dr. Neville Marks, are shown at the 2012 Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County, Inc. Bell Society Dinner at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. (Meghan McCarthy/Palm Beach Post via AP)
September 14, 2020, 4:59 am
Iran said plotting to assassinate US envoy to South Africa to avenge Soleimani
Politico reports that Lana Marks, a Jewish South Florida-based luxury handbag designer, was likely chosen due to her closeness to Trump, who ordered killing of Iranian general
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan at the White House, January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
September 12, 2020, 8:02 pm
Book: Netanyahu showed Trump likely doctored clip of Abbas backing child murder
Bob Woodward says US president wondered in 2017 whether Israeli PM was obstacle to peace, until Netanyahu showed him clip, which Rex Tillerson believed had been crudely fabricated
By TOI staff
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listens during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on US President Donald Trump's decision to remove US military forces from Syria. December 19, 2018. (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
September 11, 2020, 2:05 pm
Graham tried to convince Trump not to assassinate Iran general Soleimani — book
Four days before January drone strike, while golfing with US president, Republican senator warned ‘over the top’ step would spark an ‘almost total war’
By TOI staff
(L-R, rear) US senior presidential advisor Jared Kushner, US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien clap for US President Donald Trump after he announced an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize diplomatic ties, at the White House, August 13, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
September 10, 2020, 11:03 am
Trump racks up foreign policy wins, but gaping holes remain as well
US president to preside over signing ceremony between Israel and the UAE, but North Korea, China, Russia and Iran are still hot-button issues
By Shaun Tandon
This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, is said to show the launching of the "Martyr Hajj Qassem" missile in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
August 20, 2020, 12:46 pm
Iran unveils 2 new missiles, including one named for slain general Soleimani
‘Martyr Hajj Qassem’ surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) range, state television says
By AP
Visitors look at a Hoveizeh 8 cruise missile at a military show marking the 40th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2019. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 11, 2020, 1:18 pm
Iran jails man accused of spying on nukes, missiles, for Israel and Germany
Judiciary spokesman says Massud Mossaheb used ‘guise’ of general secretary of Austrian-Iranian Society; second man also jailed on allegations of spying for UK; both get 10 years
By Agencies and TOI staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as they wear protective face masks to help prevent spread of the coronavirus, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 22, 2020, 9:24 am
Iran’s supreme leader threatens ‘reciprocal blow’ to US over Soleimani killing
Ali Khamenei tells visiting Iraq PM that Tehran will exact revenge over drone strike in Baghdad that killed top general, says Islamic Republic won’t interfere in Iraqi-US relations
By AFP and TOI staff
Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an Iranian man executed for allegedly spying for Mossad and the CIA. (Iranian media)
July 20, 2020, 9:26 am
Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad
Mahmoud Mousavi Majd’s killing comes a week after Tehran announced execution of another man for selling information about its missile program
By AFP and TOI staff
Flowers and candles are placed in front of portraits of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, at a memorial inside Borispil international airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 11, 2020. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
July 12, 2020, 1:22 pm
Iran says misaligned missile battery led to downing of Ukrainian passenger jet
Iranian Civil Aviation Organization blames shootdown of Flight 752 on bad communication, notes air defense operator fired missiles at plane without authority from superiors
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/POOL/AFP)
July 11, 2020, 1:23 am
Pompeo slams UN report saying US hit on Soleimani violated international law
Secretary disputes rights expert’s ‘spurious’ critique, says IRGC general was killed after escalating series of attacks on US forces and interests, and to deter future attacks
By Jamey Keaten
In this Sept. 18, 2016 file photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 8, 2020, 10:30 pm
US accuses UN expert of ‘whitewashing’ Iran general Soleimani
State Department spokeswoman says Human Rights Council report, which found American drone killing unlawful, exhibits ‘special kind of intellectual dishonesty’
By AFP and TOI staff
Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 7, 2020, 10:48 am
US killing of Iranian commander Soleimani ‘unlawful’ — UN investigator
Washington hasn’t provided sufficient evidence of an immediate threat from Quds Force commander, Agnes Callamard writes in report for Human Rights Council
By TOI staff
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