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Iranian minister Rostam Qasemi called out over holiday images with unveiled girlified in Malaysia

According to a report, the photos were clicked near Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in 2011, two years after the death of Qasemi's wife. Qasemi is also a top Revolutionary Guards commander

Salman Rushdie attack: Why the world gives Islam such a long rope

Rushdie may lose an eye if he survives, but the rest of us cannot shut our eyes to the everyday barbarism called Islamist violence

Hardline candidates show early lead in all 30 seats in Tehran after restricted voting in Iran's parliamentary elections

Iranian state TV announced the first partial results from the country's parliamentary elections, indicating a strong showing by hard-liners in the capital Tehran, although authorities have not released full results or the all-important turnout figure

Videos show Iran security forces firing live ammunition, tear gas to disperse protests against shootdown of Ukrainian plane; authorities deny charge

Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.

Iran claims 80 Americans killed in retaliatory fire on US bases in Iraq as Donald Trump says 'all is well'; world powers urge restraint

As Iran claims that 80 Americans were killed in its retaliatory fire on US military bases in Iraq and Donald Trump insists “all is well”, the stakes are raised in the conflict between the two amid concerns of a wider war in West Asia.

US-Iran Tensions Updates: 'Missile strike a slap to Americans,' says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, blames US for causing division, destruction

US-Iran Tensions Updates: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an address to the nation said "we slapped them (Americans) on the face last night" with a missile strike “but military action is not enough.”

After Qassem Soleimani assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appoints Esmail Ghaani head of Iran's elite Quds Forces

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani as head of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm, the Quds Forces, after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who had led the defence agency since 1998.

Iran's ground-to-air missiles must be taken seriously, can be used to threaten US, say experts

Senior officials and military officers in Iran have welcomed the strike and warned against a possible US retaliation.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says they killed mastermind of parade attack that left 25 dead in September

The Guards said in a statement published on state media their forces had killed a man named Abu Zaha and four other militants in Diyala province in Iraq. One news website run by Iran's state television said Abu Zaha was a member of Islamic State.

Attack on Iran military parade kills 9, injures 20; state media blame Sunni militants for incident

Four militants carried out the attack and two of them were killed, according to Iran state media. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack in the city of Ahvaz.