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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died in a shootout on Friday.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died in hospital from wounds suffered during an attack by “armed terrorists”, the country’s defence ministry said.
Kylie Moore-Gilbert was freed this week after 804 days behind bars.
According to the New York Times, senior officials “dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike”.
Trump has applied a “maximum pressure” policy against Iran since 2018.
Security council members say Washington lost the legal ability to invoke the measure after the US withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal.
The British-Iranian national has been detained in Iran since 2016 when she was sentenced to five years in prison.
US President Donald Trump had tried to save Navid Afkari’s life, arguing that his “sole act was an anti-government demonstration”.
A UK-based war monitor said that 11 other combatants were wounded.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport in 2016.
The British-Iranian mother has been temporarily freed from Evin Prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2001, a handful of Irish women made history by becoming the first to attend a football match in Iran in more than 20 years. They tell their story to The42.
A US official said multiple strikes targeted Kataib Hezbollah weapons facilities inside Iraq.
In Greece, a row has erupted over whether to cancel Holy Communion, while China has just 99 new confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Three people have died in Italy, which is experiencing Europe’s first major outbreak of the virus.
The bi-partisan vote was a rare exertion of authority from Congress.
Persepolis FC comes as the Dubliner’s fifth club since January 2018.
No major injuries were reported after the plane apparently lost its landing gear.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the families will each receive 25,000 Canadian dollars
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said ‘anyone who should be punished must be punished’.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran that the world and “more importantly, the USA is watching”.
176 people were killed when the plane was shot down earlier this week.
The Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the highest-level US official to point the finger at Iran today.
Mahmoud Islami was speaking at a briefing at Iran’s Embassy in Dublin.
American, British and Canadian officials say intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the plane.
Trump said he had no plans to take further military action.
The plane crashed outside Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board.
The crash, which killed 176 people, happened shortly after the plane took off yesterday.
Officials have repeatedly claimed a threat to Americans in the Middle East led to the killing.
Trump has said that new economic sanctions will be imposed on Iran after the strike this morning.
Iran launched missile attacks on military bases housing US troops last night – but was this one of the missiles?
There were no casualties after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles in the early hours of this morning.
While condemning Iran’s attack, Boris Johnson said that slain general Qasem Soleimani “had the blood of British troops on his hands.”
The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran.
Two US air bases were targeted by Iran.
Tehran will want to ensure its response does not bring further cost to the nation, writes Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics.
The incident happened in Kerman, the hometown of General Qassem Soleimani.
The US drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has sparked fury in both Iran and Iraq.
Crowds, estimated to be in the millions, gathered for the funeral of Soleimani today.