It's the second time Tehran requested the international police organisation to issue an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over the killing of its top general Qasem Soleimani a year ago.
The deployment of a US supercarrier to the Arabian gulf sends a message of deterrence to Iran in spite of the risk it incurs.
Iran can capitalise on Soleimani's legacy in the short-term, but the Islamic republic has no replacement on the horizon.
Both General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds force and Abu Mahdi al Muhandis , deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed in the US airstrike near Baghdad's international airport last year.
Iran’s judiciary chief pays tribute to slain Quds Force general on the first anniversary of his assassination, says not even US President Donald Trump, who ordered the strike, is “immune from justice.”
Evidence of a string of errors reignites anger against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps for the tragic downing of the flight.
Diplomats based in the Baghdad neighbourhood said they could hear sirens blaring for around an hour after the attack.
Agnes Callamard says the US drone strike that resulted in an "arbitrary killing" violated the UN charter.
Washington and Baghdad held their first strategic dialogue months after the US killing of the top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad fuelled bilateral tensions.
Iraq’s leadership has to deal with Covid-19, the Islamic Republic, the Daesh, and the United States.
Four decades of mistrust between Tehran and Washington isn’t likely to end soon. But it can be managed if mutual diplomacy prevails.
New claims surrounding the death of a prominent Hezbollah commander shed light on the shifting ground realities in Syria and the region.
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