General Soleimani’s anti-terror efforts made Iraq safe enough for Pope to visit: Iranian official

A senior Iranian official says Pope Francis would not have been able to visit Iraq safely today if it had not been for the sacrifices of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions in the fight against the Takfiri Daesh terror group.

Pope Francis meets with Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf during visit to Iraq

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country.

Noam Chomsky says General Soleimani assassination act of international terrorism

Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky says the United States’ recent assassination of Iran’s senior commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani is an act of “international terrorism” if not anything “worse.”

Sacred Defense Week: Iran has developed a totally native defence capability

Four decades ago, on 22 September 1980, a day etched in the collective Iranian consciousness, Iraqi airstrikes took the country by surprise. Eight major Iranian airbases and four military installations were targeted. Iran was a sitting duck.

Zionists in US intelligence apparatus promote crazy Iranian conspiracy

Apparently anonymous US government sources are saying that Iran has been plotting to kill the US ambassador to South Africa -- a certain Lana Marks -- as retaliation for the dastardly assassination of General Soleimani, who was lured to Baghdad under a fake US-Saudi peace offer and then ambushed.

Iran, US and UK: 1953 coup d'état revisited

Well, little by little, the Western historians are starting to come to grips with the reality of the 1953 coup staged by the British intelligence agency MI6 and the American CIA against the democratically elected Mossadegh government in Iran.

Leader: Iran to deal US ‘counterblow’ for Gen. Soleimani’s assassination

EU vows full work to preserve Iran nuclear deal

The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy has once again stressed the importance of preserving a 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, pledging to work with other relevant parties to that effect.