Missiles, not talks, key to Iran's future, says KhameneiIran's top leader on Wednesday said missiles were key to the Islamic Republic's future, offering support to the hardline Revolutionary Guards that have drawn criticism from the West for testing ballistic missiles. Supreme More… |
Revolutionary Guards linked firms to win sanctions reliefDozens of companies tied to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a military force commanding a powerful industrial empire with huge political influence, will win sanctions relief under a nuclear deal agreed with world powers. Th More… |
Revolutionary Guards linked firms to win sanctions reliefDozens of companies tied to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a military force commanding a powerful industrial empire with huge political influence, will win sanctions relief under a nuclear deal agreed with world powers. Th More… |
UN backs Iran deal but Tehran hardliners objectThe UN Security Council on Monday backed Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers but the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards attacked the resolution, underlining powerful opposition to the deal. US President Barack More… |
Iran stages war games, boats hit mock-up US shipIran's elite Revolutionary Guards staged war games in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, including a gunboat attack on a model US warship, in Tehran's latest display of military muscle in a Gulf shipping channel vital to world oil export More… |
Iran army says 'copying US drone'Iran's military has started to build a copy of a US surveillance drone captured last year after breaking the software encryption, Iranian media reported on Sunday. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace More… |
Iran Guards to build major highwayA company controlled by Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been given a contract to build a major highway, a newspaper reported on Sunday, the latest example of the elite military unit expanding its economic influence. On Saturday, Presid More… |
Iran warns protesters as post-vote trial startsA trial began on Saturday of 16 opposition protesters charged over unrest connected with Iran's disputed June presidential election, with the Revolutionary Guards warning against futher demonstrations. Five of the defendants were charg More… |
Iran Guards link opposition to foreign enemiesIran's elite Revolutionary Guards accused on Tuesday foreign media of waging a psychological war to overthrow the clerical establishment and added that they had joined hands with the opposition to harm the Islamic state. 'The ... f More… |
6 Iran Guards commanders die in suicide attackSix senior Revolutionary Guards commanders were among those killed in Sunday's attack in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state television reported. A suicide bomber killed around 20 people, including the se More… |