Iran Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general Soleimani Iranian state television has reported that Iran has executed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an alleged spy who passed information about Qassem Soleimani to the US and Israel. 20/07/2020
View The Senate finally found its spine when it came to limiting Trump's war powers ǀ View Thursday's vote to require the president to consult with Congress before further engaging in military actions against Iran was a welcome first step in the legislative branch's acceptance of its constitutional responsibilities. 14/02/2020
View The EU must stop giving Iran’s foreign minister a platform for disinformation ǀ View Rather than continuing to invite Zarif for open-ended diplomatic talks, EU member states should begin to adopt strategies aligned with the US. His movements were severely limited during his last visits to the United Nations in New York, and in July he was made subject to US economic sanctions. 11/02/2020
USA Dozens of US soldiers 'suffered brain injuries in Iran attack' After the first reports that some soldiers had been hurt, Trump referred to them as ``"headaches" and said the cases were not as serious as injuries involving the loss of limbs. 25/01/2020
Iran Iran MP offers three million dollar bounty to 'whoever kills Trump' Lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh announced the reward in the Iranian parliament on Tuesday 21/01/2020
View The U.S. protects Saudi Arabia with Patriot missiles but not U.S. troops in Iraq ǀ View The lack of Patriot missile batteries at the base attacked by Iran shows how little forethought the U.S. put into the consequences of killing Soleimani. 17/01/2020
View Turkey can become an actor in the new Great Game in Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East ǀ View When historians look at the course of events in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East at the beginning of 2020, it is not entirely unlikely that they might identify this year as a prelude to a new Great Game. 16/01/2020
View Mourning at Soleimani’s funeral was staged. Iranians are not rallying behind the regime ǀ View If you logged into Twitter while Soleimani’s funeral was ongoing, you might have encountered a much different narrative about the Quds Force commander and the impact of his death. There, hundreds of thousands of people tweeted using the hashtag #IraniansDetestSoleimani. 15/01/2020
View The real losers of Trump’s Iran strategy are the long-suffering Iranian middle classes ǀ View Thanks to Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to assassinate Iran’s most popular public figure, we now see millions of Iranians taking to the very same streets; not demanding the Islamic Republic to justify its brutality in putting down the protests, but instead demonstrating national unity. 14/01/2020
View Iran and Trump likely broke international law. And 176 innocents paid the price ǀ View Would the 176 souls who perished on that plane still be alive had the United States not sought to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani? 13/01/2020
View Trump was right to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani ǀ View It is a sad reality that some in this world respond only to power. Qassem Soleimani was one of them. There comes a point in dealing with those like him when words fail and become worse than foolish. Missiles are then necessary. 08/01/2020
View Iran was always going to retaliate for Soleimani’s death. It doesn’t mean it wants a war ǀ View It is possible that US withdrawal from the JCPOA is at the root of the escalating tensions between the two countries. After that, the region witnessed several attacks on American drones and other targets such as oil tankers in the Gulf and the Strait of Hurmuz. 08/01/2020
Iraq Iran launches missile attack on US bases in Iraq Iran launches missile attack on US bases in Iraq in revenge for killing of top Iranian commander 08/01/2020
View In killing Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran ǀ View The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last week will set back Western-Iranian relations by decades, with repercussions not only across the region but across the world. 07/01/2020
Good Morning Europe How could Iran respond to the US drone strike? A US airstrike on Iranian military leader Qassim Soleimani has brought the Middle East closer to conflict, as Iran narrows the scope of its possible responses to the assassination of a national hero. 07/01/2020
no comment Mourners gather in Tehran to pay homage to Qassem Soleimani Hundreds of thousands attended the funeral procession in Tehran for a top Iranian general who was killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad. He will be buried in his hometown of Kerman. 06/01/2020
Good Morning Europe Soleimani killing exposes NATO divisions over response NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called a meeting in Brussels to discuss the crisis. 06/01/2020
Iran Stampede kills at least 56 at Soleimani funeral procession in Kerman The stampede erupted at a funeral procession for the top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, Iranian state tv reported. 06/01/2020
Iraq 'Honest mistake': Pentagon denies plans to withdraw troops from Iraq The U.S. has made no decision about withdrawing troops from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday in response to a letter from a senior military officer that appeared to suggest a withdrawal was underway. The wording was an "honest mistake," he said. 06/01/2020
Iran Pentagon implies it won't target Iran cultural sites The Pentagon said it will "follow the laws of armed conflict" and distanced itself from Trump's threat to target Iran's cultural sites. 05/01/2020
Kenya Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya 05/01/2020
Iran Iran abandons nuclear deal over Soleimani killing Iran will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal, the country's state television reported on Sunday. 05/01/2020
View What the killing of Iran's General Soleimani means for Europe ǀ View European calls for restraint will not be enough on their own, argues Thomas S Warrick 04/01/2020
View Was Soleimani's killing justified? Yes. A million times yes ǀ View Soleimani's death will also prove to be more significant than that of Osama Bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to one of Italy's ex-foreign ministers. 04/01/2020
USA Pompeo accuses Europe of not being 'helpful' over Soleimani attack "The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did ... saved lives in Europe," said Pompeo about the killing of Qassem Soleimani. 04/01/2020
Iraq 'Death to America': Thousands mourn Iranian general killed by US drone Iran has vowed retaliation for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, but President Donald Trump says he ordered the strike to prevent a conflict. 04/01/2020
