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Stampede At Funeral For Iran's Soleimani Kills At Least 32, Injures Scores

9:50am January 07, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Iranian television said the stampede took place in Kerman, Soleimani's hometown, where the Quds Force commander slain in a U.S. airstrike last week was to be buried.

The UNESCO-listed cultural site Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran, shown here in 2014, is known for its immense mosques, picturesque bridges and ancient bazaar.

Trump Says He'll Target Iran's Cultural Sites. That's Illegal

8:39pm January 06, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The Hague Convention, signed by the U.S., requires "refraining from any act of hostility" against cultural property. The Pentagon educates troops about their obligations to safeguard such sites.

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During a funeral procession at Revolution Square in Tehran on Monday, crowds surround the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike.

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Ayatollah Weeps And Iranians Rail Against U.S. During Funeral For Slain Commander

1:05pm January 06, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Caskets holding the bodies of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike last week in Iraq were paraded though the streets of Tehran as mourners chanted "death to America."

Iran announced Sunday that it will no longer limit its enrichment of uranium under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is seen here in Tehran in September 2019.

Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal Limitations In Wake Of Soleimani Killing

7:49pm January 05, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The announcement came in response to the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Tehran says it will continue to cooperate with international atomic monitors.

In this 2016 file photo, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, center, attends a ceremony marking Police Day in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Muhandis was killed in a drone strike early Friday.

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Who Was The Iraqi Commander Also Killed In The Baghdad Drone Strike?

10:48pm January 04, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis founded Kataib Hezbollah, an anti-U.S. insurgency movement responsible for numerous American casualties over the years.

Mourners surround a vehicle carrying the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, during a funeral procession Saturday in Baghdad.

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Qassem Soleimani Mourned By Thousands In Baghdad As U.S.-Iran Rancor Mounts

8:06pm January 04, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

As black-clad demonstrators grieved the Iranian general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week, Tehran and Washington waged a war of words. Other nations desperately urged restraint.

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Oil Prices Reflect Concern, Not Panic, After Airstrike On Iranian General

5:09pm January 03, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Global oil prices rose by about 4% — a modest increase by historical standards — after the U.S. military killed Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's Quds Force, in an airstrike in Baghdad.

Iranian demonstrators hold posters of slain Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani (center) and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rally Friday in the capital, Tehran. The U.S. strike on the military leader in Baghdad has elicited warnings

How Is The World Reacting To The U.S. Assassination Of Iran's Qassem Soleimani?

12:48pm January 03, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The prominent general's killing, carried out in an airstrike in Iraq, has elicited a wide range of responses — from vows of revenge to enthusiastic words of support. Here's a look at the fallout.

Outraged Iraqi protesters, angered by U.S. strikes on armed battalions belonging to an Iranian-backed militia, attack the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday.

U.S. Sends Reinforcements As Protesters Try To Enter U.S. Embassy Compound In Baghdad

11:18pm December 31, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators as President Trump called on Iraq to intervene with force. The protesters are angry about a series of U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian-backed militia.

In a photo from October 2012, a nurse treats a girl wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria.

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Congress Authorizes Sanctions On Syria, Iran And Russia

2:48pm December 17, 2019

by Deborah Amos

The measure, known as the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act, authorizes sanctions for war crimes. It is included in the newly passed 2019 Pentagon budget.