Jan 05 New risks loom as thousands mourn Iran general killed by US By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands flooded streets Sunday in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, a slaying one Iranian official suggested would see Tehran break further out… Continue reading
Jan 05 Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after U.S. kills general By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Continue reading
Jan 05 Hezbollah vows to end U.S. military presence in region By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Hassan Nasrallah said the U.S. military “will pay the price” for the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Friday. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 5:41 U.S.-Iran tensions: a diplomatic quagmire for the Middle East Iran is vowing revenge after U.S. airstrikes on Friday killed the country’s military leader Qassem Suleimani. Thousands of American troops are heading to the Middle East as tensions with Tehran escalate. Douglas Ollivant, former Director for Iraq at the National… Continue watching
Jan 04 Trump stirs Mideast tensions despite talk of ‘endless wars’ By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump may have upended a central element of his foreign policy with a single drone strike. The Friday strike that killed the most prominent Iranian general may have ended any chance that he would get the United States… Continue reading
Jan 04 Iran general steps out of Soleimani’s shadow to lead proxies By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country's expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Tehran's proxies across the Mideast as the Islamic Republic threatens the U.S. with “harsh revenge” for killing its previous head,… Continue reading
Jan 04 Thousands mourn Iranian general as region braces for revenge By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Thousands of mourners chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 9:11 Who was Qassem Soleimani, and what does his death mean for Iran — and the U.S.? Qassem Soleimani was the Middle East's most recognized military commander, strategist and operational chief of Iran's militant proxies and a symbol of its regional ambitions. He was killed in a targeted U.S. drone attack Friday at Baghdad’s international airport. Nick… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 5:20 Kaine says Trump’s Iran policy hurts U.S. allies, pushes enemies closer together An elite Iranian general is dead, and the United States and Iran appear even closer to conflict. In Washington, members of Congress had mixed reactions to the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the Senate… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 5:40 Risch says Soleimani was ‘ratcheting up’ attacks on the U.S. When the U.S. military killed an elite Iranian general in Iraq on Friday, Washington called it self-defense, while Tehran called it a crime -- and vowed vengeance. Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching