Speaking on Wednesday, Brigadier General Valiollah Ma’dani, deputy commander for operations of the Islamic Revolution Guard ...

Heydari, who defected after violent confrontations in Iran on the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura in late December, has applied for political asylum in Norway. He said that he hopes the strikes ...

Iran and Armenia held a two-day joint military drill in the border region of Norduz, under the command of the IRGC Ground ...

according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency. "If necessary, we will use the element of martyrdom-seeking and we will become people of Ashura," Fars quoted Gen. Ali Fadavi as saying.

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Iranian and Armenian special forces conduct their first joint military exercise near the two countries’ shared border, while Azerbaijan mediated talks between Israel and Turkey over Syria.

A senior Iranian general emphasized the “strategic importance” of his country’s border with Armenia when he commented on a ...