Terrorism

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Iran Slams UK’s Listing of Hezbollah as Terror Group

IFP Editorial Staff - March 2, 2019

Iran has strongly condemned the United Kingdom for listing Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement as a terrorist organization.

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Iran Calls for Restraint as India-Pakistan Tension Heightens

Emad Askarieh - February 26, 2019

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has called on India and Pakistan to show restraint amid reports of heightened tension between the two sides.

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‘Iranian Women Running Economic Campaign against US Bans’

Reza Khaasteh - February 26, 2019

Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar says women in Iran are actively engaged in an economic campaign aimed at cushioning the impact of the cruel sanctions imposed by the United States against the Iranian nation.

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Iran Says Welcomes Pakistan’s Bid to Fence Shared Border

Emad Askarieh - February 25, 2019

Tehran strongly supports Islamabad’s announcement that it will create walls in its border with Iran in order to increase security along the frontiers, Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has been quoted as saying.

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Iran Warns Pakistan against Being Swayed by Saudi Petrodollars

IFP Editorial Staff - February 22, 2019

IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani has warned Pakistan against being swayed by the Saudi petrodollars and turning into a centre for "annoying" Iran, India, and Afghanistan.

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US Seeking to Take 40 Tonnes of Gold Off ISIS’ Hands in Syria

IFP Editorial Staff - February 20, 2019

A human rights group closely monitoring the situation in Syria says the US-led coalition is seeking to have a number of ISIS commanders besieged in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor hand themselves in so that it can take 40 tonnes of gold and millions of dollars off the terrorist group’s hands.

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‘Pakistan’s Anti-Terror Measures below Iran’s Expectations’

IFP Editorial Staff - February 20, 2019

An Iranian official has criticized the Pakistani government’s inaction towards terrorist groups operating inside its territory, saying that Islamabad’s measures to confront terrorists have not met Tehran’s expectations.

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Zahedan Suicide Bomber Was Pakistani National: IRGC

IFP Editorial Staff - February 19, 2019

A senior IRGC commander says the suicide attacker behind the recent terrorist attack on IRGC forces in south-eastern Iran has been identified as a Pakistani national named Hafiz Muhammad-Ali.

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Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack on Egypt’s Military

IFP Editorial Staff - February 19, 2019

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a terrorist attack on Egyptian military forces in Northern Sinai.

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IRGC Arrests 3 Terrorists Linked with Attack on Border Guards

IFP Editorial Staff - February 18, 2019

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) declared on Monday its forces have identified and dismantled the hideout of a number of terrorists behind the recent attack on border guards in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

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Iran Says Assured Saudis, Emiratis Sponsored Zahedan Attack

IFP Editorial Staff - February 18, 2019

Iran is confident last Wednesday’s terrorist attack near Zaheden in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan was supported by Saudi Arabia and the UAE spy services, a lawmaker said.

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Pakistan Says Ready for Joint Fight with Iran against Terror

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2019

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday to strongly condemn and offer condolences over the recent terrorist attack in south-eastern Iran.

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‘Iran Not to Allow Foreign-Backed Terrorists Escape Revenge’

IFP Media Wire - February 17, 2019

President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian nation will “undoubtedly avenge” a recent terrorist attack that killed over two dozen members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), regretting the “wrong” policies of some of Iran’s neighbors.

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Iran Summons Pakistan Envoy over Terrorist Attack

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2019

Iran has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to express its strong protest over the recent deadly terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

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‘Pakistan Should Be Held Accountable for Iran Terror Attack’

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2019

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the Pakistani government should be answerable for the recent terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, which left 27 Iranians dead.

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India FM Stops over in Iran to Discuss Terror Attacks

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2019

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had a short stopover in Tehran on Saturday to discuss the recent deadly attacks in Iran and India whose perpetrators were linked to Pakistan.

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Terrorists behind Attack on IRGC Trained in Pakistan: Iran

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2019

A senior advisor to Iran’s Leader says the perpetrators of the recent deadly terrorist attack in Iran had been trained in neighbouring Pakistan.

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Pakistan Backs Terrorists behind Zahedan Attack: IRGC Chief

IFP Editorial Staff - February 16, 2019

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Pakistan supports those behind the Wednesday terror attack near Zahedan in south-eastern Iran, warning Iran would move to take revenge unless Pakistan changes its approach towards anti-Iran terrorists.

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World Condemns Terror Attack on IRGC Forces

Reza Khaasteh - February 15, 2019

A number of world leaders and international bodies have sent messages of condolences and condemnation to Iran over the Wednesday terrorist attack on a group of IRGC border guards, which killed at least 27 and wounded 13 others.

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