Qasem Soleimani

Iran’s powerful militia network could expand war - opinion

For the foreseeable future, Iran can continue to rely on this substantial external military power to bolster its own military capacity.

Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad for five militants killed a day earlier in a US strike in northern Iraq, on December 4, 2023.
A woman walks past a mural depicting Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran in August.

Why Iran’s threat keeps haunting the Middle East - and how to finally break the cycle - opinion

Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump targeted in IRGC-linked assassination plot - report

Text reading "7 July 2005 Opposite this Place A Bus Was Bombed Killing" is displayed on the memorial to victims of the London Bombing in Tavistock Square on June 02, 2025 in London; illustrative.

UK charity regulator allowing Islamist, Iran-backed hate to spread, victims say - report


US 'begged' Iran not to retaliate for Soleimani killing, deputy FM says

“The US sent a message to Iran via the Swiss ambassador to demand that Iran not give a response, but it was rejected immediately.”

Qasem Soleimani, commander of IRGC Quds Force

Could UN investigation of Soleimani killing have larger impact?

Agnes Callamard has critiqued the US for violating the UN charter and called for accountability for targeted killings by armed drones.

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits armed with Hellfire missiles and a 500-pound bomb in a hanger at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

How could Iran retaliate for Natanz explosion? - analysis

Iran’s regime, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, believes in two types of actions. It believes first in perceived tit-for-tat responses and also in asymmetric attacks.

View of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020.

UN expert: US drone strike which killed Iran's Soleimani was 'unlawful'

The United States has failed to provide sufficient evidence of an ongoing or imminent attack against its interests to justify the strike, the expert ruled.

A MAN passes next to a billboard with posters of Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Soleimani's daughter marries Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's cousin

Over the weekend, 28-year-old Zeinab Soleimani married Riza Safi al-Din, son of Hassan Nasrallah's cousin, Hashim Safi al-Din.

Zeinab Soleimani

US Islamic scholar calls on followers to rise up against 'tyrant' America

"You are seeing what a police state is like. You have to demand your rights from that tyrant," he said.

People take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, US, June 18, 2020

Pro-Iranian groups keep designing 'ugly' statues of Soleimani

This is the latest in a series of planned statues for Soleimani.

Statue of former IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani in Jiroft, Iran

What is Iran’s game with allegedly caught CIA-Mossad agent? – analysis

Why have its public pronouncements been so disjointed, and what is the purpose of continuing to allow trickles of seemingly new details of a case which reportedly is more than half a year old?

Iranians burn U.S and Israeli flags as they gather to mourn General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2020

Iran continues to pressure Iraq to get US troops out

The latest salvo is from Fadhil Fatlawi, a member of the Fatah Alliance, the second largest party in Baghdad's parliament.

US Army soldiers keep watch on the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020

Did Iran’s IRGC commander Ghaani go to Baghdad to oust US forces?

Ghaani’s trip to Baghdad, if it actually happened, may foreshadow more Iranian moves against the US. The US is gripped by crises, pandemic and protests, and Iran may see an opening.

Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country's Quds Force, is seen in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained January 3, 2020