Posts Tagged: Revolutionary Guards
Iran Says it Tests Satellite-Carrying Rocket, US Calls Move ‘Destabilizing’
Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested a new satellite-carrying rocket on Saturday, state media reported, a move the United States called "unhelpful and destabilizing." Washington fears the same...
Iran’s Guards Head Warns Protesters: ‘Today is Last Day of Riots’
The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards warned protesters that Saturday would be their last day of taking to the streets, in a sign that...
Iran Revolutionary Guards Say They Kill 6 ‘Bandits’ in Restive Area
Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed six "armed bandits" in the country's southeast on Saturday, the elite force said on its website, in a second day...
Iran’s Ex-Parliament Speaker Demands Explanation for Vote Disqualification
The former speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani demanded on Saturday an explanation from an election watchdog on why he was barred from running...
Iran Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs in TV Debate
Candidates in Iran's presidential election this month traded strong barbs in a debate on Saturday, accusing each other of treason or of lacking the education...
Iran has Sent Black Boxes of Downed Plane to France
Iran has sent the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner that it had accidentally downed in January to France for analysis, a Foreign Ministry official...
Iran Displays Missile, Rouhani Says US Regional Policy a Failure: TV
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as oppressors. President...
Iranian Military Claims Anti-Regime Protests Have Been Quelled After Broad Government Clampdown
Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed on Sunday the country's security forces had put an end to unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials...
Iran Warns Protesters Who Pose Major Challenge to Country’s Leadership
Iran warned of a crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators who pose one of the biggest challenges to the government and clerical leadership since a revolution...
US Intelligence Threat Assessment: Iran Has Largest Ballistic-Missile Arsenal in the Middle East
Iran already has the largest ballistic-missile arsenal in the Middle East, Director of National Intelligence Jonathan Klapper told the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and...
Iran Confirms General Killed in Alleged Israeli Strike on Syria Convoy
JNS.org - Iran confirmed that a general in its Revolutionary Guards was killed in the Israeli airstrike in Syria on Sunday. In a statement published on...
When the Only Winners are the Benchwarmers
The battle of Mohammed's heirs is being fought anew in the Middle East. Tired of jostling for isonomy in Iraq and dismayed at the malversation...
Iran Arrests Network of ‘Homosexuals and Satanists’
The website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards reported the arrest of "a network of homosexuals and satanists" in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, close...
Iran Denies Cyberwarfare Chief Assassinated
Bloomberg - Iran's Revolutionary Guards rejected reports that the head of the country's cyber warfare program had been assassinated, saying only that it was probing...
