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Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf gestures in this undated handout photo provided by Tasnim News Agency on May 9, 2017. (Tasnim News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf: Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Golden Child

by Adel al-Salmi | May 13, 2017 | Features

London – Twelve years after running as mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Qaliba will attempt for a third time to run for the presidency in Iran. He had in recent months however faced real estate corruption scandals, but that has not deterred him from registering in the...

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Head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qassem Soleimani. (AP)

US Imposes Sanctions on Soleimani’s Brother

by Adel al-Salmi and Hiba Al-Qodsi | Apr 14, 2017 | World

London, Washington – The US listed Sohrab Soleimani, the brother of Qassem Soleimani, to its sanctions list for overseeing torture and other abuses at Tehran’s Evin Prison, the White House said on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during a...

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A military truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – REUTERS

IRGC: We will Continue to Support Bahrain, Yemen, Syria

by Adel al-Salmi | Sep 24, 2016 | Middle East

London- Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC commander, stated that Iran will not stop supporting Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Rezaei added during an interview with U.S. newspaper Christian Science Monitor that Iran will not rage a war against Saudi Arabia unlike the propaganda...

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani uses a walkie-talkie at the frontline during offensive operations against Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Ksaiba in Salahuddin province, March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

IRGC Commander Reaches Mosul Borders to Examine Military Field

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | World

Baghdad, Dialah- An Iraqi parliamentarian has revealed that Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Commander Qassem Soleimani reached Nineveh Governorate’s border to be briefed about the conditions there and the possibility of starting a battle to liberate Mosul....

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Smoke rises from ISIS positions at the frontline during fighting outside Fallujah, AP

Everybody’s Gathered at the Gates of Fallujah

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 3, 2016 | Opinion

Discretion stars the Fallujah current state-of-affairs, as imminent war approaches; the ISIS-infested Sunni city is also engulfed by bigoted Shi’ite militias. Presence of Iranian leaders and ground forces about and around the city is also being registered. As for...