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Saudi 'not consulted' over US strike to kill Iran general

Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?

7:01 pm January 4, 2020

New York: After Friday’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination? And should news stories about the killing use that term? The AP Stylebook, considered a news industry bible, defines assassination as “the murder of a politically important or prominent individual […]

US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

US says decision to kill Iran’s Gen Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed

2:04 pm January 4, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards commander General Qasem Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed and was defensive in nature, his National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien has said. O’Brien alleged that Soleimani, who was travelling around the Middle East, had just come to Iraq from Damascus where he […]

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India close to concluding a trade package with US: Shringla

12:29 pm January 4, 2020

Washington: India and the US are close to concluding a trade package that would provide enhanced market access to both countries, India’s outgoing Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said. Shringla made the comments while addressing a group of Indian-American entrepreneurs during a farewell lunch on Friday organised for him by TiE DC, […]

Iran Guards ex-head vows ‘revenge’ on US over Soleimani death

2:51 pm January 3, 2020

Tehran: A former head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said revenge would be exacted on the United States for killing the commander of its Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad on Friday. “Soleimani joined his martyr brothers but we will exact terrible vengeance upon America,” Mohsen Rezai, who currently heads the Expediency Council, wrote on Twitter.

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Iran’s Zarif says Soleimani killing dangerous escalation

2:47 pm January 3, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister slammed the killing on Friday of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani as a dangerous escalation and warned the United States would bear responsibility for the consequences. “The US’ act of international terrorism, targeting and assassinating General Soleimani… is extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation,” Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter. “The […]