Russia Statement on Iran Embassy Strike Opposed by UN Security Council Members
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, April 3 (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, which Tehran has blamed...
Twenty-Seven Die in Militant Attacks on Iran Regime Security Forces, Say Media
DUBAI, April 4 (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least 11 Iranian security force members and suffered 16 fatalities in attacks on Iran's Revolutionary Guards headquarters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state media...
EU Condemns Attack on Iran’s Embassy in Damascus, Urges Restraint
BRUSSELS, April 3 (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday condemned an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 that killed seven people and called on countries in the region to show restraint.
Iran blamed Israel for the...
Russia’s Asian Alliances Have Security Consequences, NATO Chief Warns
By John Irish
PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) - North Korea and Iran's military support to Russia has serious global security consequences that the 32-member NATO alliance cannot ignore, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.
Pyongyang has transferred ballistic...
No US Involvement in Strike on Iran’s Damascus Mission, White House Says
By Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday said it was not involved in an Israeli airstrike on Iran's embassy compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus that killed two Iranian...
ANALYSIS – Many Iranian Options to Retaliate Against Israel, but All Carry Risk
By Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Iran faces a dilemma following an Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria: how to retaliate without sparking a wider conflict that Middle East analysts said Tehran...
At UN, US Warns Iran Not to Target It Over Syria Strike
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (Reuters) - The United States warned Iran on Tuesday not to retaliate against it for an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, telling the U.N. Security Council it had no prior warning...
UK Police Say Suspects Left Country Hours After Stabbing Iranian Journalist
LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - British police on Tuesday said three suspects believed to be involved in the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London last week left the country within hours...
ANALYSIS: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Wide Regional Reach
April 1 (Reuters) - A senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds force, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was reported killed on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media called an Israeli airstrike on Iranian diplomatic premises in the Syrian...
EXCLUSIVE – Iran Alerted Russia to Security Threat Before Moscow Attack, Sources Say
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, April 1 (Reuters) - Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter...
