Resistance festival to review films on Commander Soleimani

TEHRAN – The 16th Resistance International Film Festival will review films on Commander Qassem Soleimani’s role in awakening people of the region and the world in a special section, the organizers announced on Sunday. 

New book gives youth food for thought on Commander Soleimani 

TEHRAN – Madreseh Publications, a publisher of school books in Tehran, has published a biography of Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani to better familiarize the youth with the commander. 

Tehran says not fixated on who occupies Oval Office

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said it does not matter who will be elected as the president of the United States in the November elections.

Foreign Ministry says regards General Soleimani case ‘a top agenda’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has put the issue of pursuing the U.S. assassination of top anti-terror commander Qassem Soleimani as a top agenda.

Iran’s response to assassination of General Soleimani includes U.S. withdrawal from region: General

TEHRAN – General Mohammadreza Naghdi, the deputy coordinator of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has said the U.S. withdrawal from the region is the proper response to the assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif slams American rulers as ‘cowards and savages’

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described American rulers as “cowards” and “savages” over the January 3 assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror general Qassem Soleimani.

Iran calls on Iraq to pursue Soleimani assassination case

TEHRAN — Iran has called on Iraq to pursue the case of U.S. assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), in the Iraqi soil.

Sacred Defense exhibition glorify sacrifices

The exhibition glorifying the sacrifices of the Iranian soldiers during the Sacred Defense runs from September 23 to 30. The exhibition, held at the Sacred Defense Garden Museum, hosts visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m. Simultaneously, the exhibition is held in eight other provinces. General Qassem Soleimani, a commander during Iraq’s war against Iran who was assassinated in a cowardly U.S. terrorist attack in early January 2020 in Baghdad, features high in the exhibition. The Iranians’ resistance against Saddam Hussein’s invading army in the 1980s is referred to as the Sacred Defense.

No calm until U.S. leaves the region: top official

TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Expediency Council, has said the Western Asia region will always be tense until the “American terrorists” leave it.

Rouhani: Nation’s growing wisdom ‘fruit of Sacred Defense’

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the growing wisdom of the Iranian nation against the enemies is a result of their victory in the Sacred Defense as well as forty years of resistance against the enemies’ plots.

These threats are serious, Salami warns Trump

IRGC chief to Trump: We will target everyone involved in Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN — The chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned U.S. President Donald Trump of a decisive revenge for the assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani.

Trump threatens Iran with ‘1,000 times greater’ attack based on fake news

TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a “1,000 times greater” attack in response to a cooked-up Politico report which claimed Iran is planning to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.

U.S. allegations against Iran has taken South Africa by surprise

TEHRAN - A spokesman for South Africa’s Foreign Ministry has said that the United States’ allegations that Iran plans to kill the U.S. ambassador to Pretoria to avenge assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani took South Africa by surprise.

Tehran dismisses Politico report, says Iran committed to diplomatic principles

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh on Monday rejected a report by Politico claiming that Iran is seeking to avenge assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, calling the report “customer-made, biased and purposeful”.

Iran adamant in pursuing assassination of Gen. Soleimani: Judiciary chief

TEHRAN - Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi said on Monday that Iran’s Judiciary and Foreign Ministry are adamant in legally pursuing the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Daesh would have reached heart of Europe without Gen. Soleimani: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday that if it had not been for the military campaigns of martyr General Qassem Soleimani, Daesh would have extended the scope of its acts to the heart of Europe. 

Military chief marks Gen. Soleimani’s counter-terror role

TEHRAN – Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces on Tuesday lauded the role of Martyr Qassem Soleimani in defeating the terrorists in Syria and Iraq, saying that those groups aimed to undermine Iran’s security.

IRGC chief: Revenging Gen. Soleimani’s blood has turned into a cause

TEHRAN - Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Tuesday that revenging for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani’s blood has turned into a cause.

A telecom in Iraq involved in Gen. Soleimani’s assassination: Shafaq News 

TEHRAN – It has been reported by the Shafaq News that a telecommunication company in Iraq was involved in assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Nouri al-Maliki strongly condemns assassination of Gen. Soleimani

TEHRAN - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has strongly condemned assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis by the United States.

Iraq says Tehran and Baghdad to sue U.S. for assassinating Soleimani, Muhandis

TEHRAN – Iraq has announced that Baghdad and Tehran will sue the United States for assassinating top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Prospects of Iran-Iraq ties 

In his first foreign trip, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is expected to visit Iran on Tuesday, a move that further reiterates the strength and depth of Iran-Iraq bilateral relations in various sectors, despite the U.S. and its regional allies’ continued efforts to disrupt or at least undermine the neighborly ties between Iran and Iraq through media and sanctions campaigns, analysts tell

Zarif visits Baghdad, says plans to discuss Gen. Soleimani assassination with Iraqi officials

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who visited Baghdad on Sunday morning said he plans to discuss with the Iraqi officials a variety of issues including the U.S. crimes in the region and the assassination of top Iranian military commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. 

Washington failed to prove Gen. Soleimani was threat to American interests: UN investigator

TEHRAN - Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, has said that the United States violated the principle of sovereignty by assassinating Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in early January.

Soleimani assassination was ‘state terrorism’: Takht-Ravanchi

TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has said the United States’ brutal assassination of General Qassem Soleimani was an obvious example of state terrorism pursued in gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law.

Iran slams Soleimani assassination as ‘act of state terrorism’

TEHRAN — Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, has condemned the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani as an act of state terrorism that has endangered world peace and security.

UN Human Rights Council shuns assassination of Gen. Soleimani

Gen. Soleimani assassination has turned into international issue: diplomat

TEHRAN - Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, has said that no country at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday supported the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the United States.

“The Motherland’s Borderless Commander” published on Qassem Soleimani

TEHRAN – A book titled “The Motherland’s Borderless Commander” that gives a deep insight into the life of Martyr Qassem Soleimani has recently been published.

Iran calls Gen. Soleimani assassination clear violation of UN charter

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was “an arbitrary killing” and a clear violation of the UN Charter.

By Stephen Lendman

U.S. assassination of Gen. Soleimani an act of state-sponsored terrorism

The Trump regime’s assassination of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit commander Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad was a flagrant breach of international and U.S. constitutional law under its Supremacy Clause.