We have written extensively about the new axis of power in the Middle East between Shia Iran and Syria, and the Russian Federation. Now word comes that Iran is soon to secure a land corridor from the Iranian border to the Mediterranean. This long-coveted access to Arab lands, North Africa, and Europe/NATOs underbelly is the Holy Grail for a new Iranian ...

An Iranian news agency said on Wednesday the commander of foreign operations for Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards had met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, but his spokesman flatly denied the report. Fars news agency said General Qassem Soleimani, who visited Moscow in July to aid in planning the Russian military intervention in Syria,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani traveled to Moscow last week to meet President Vladimir Putin and high-ranking Russian commanders, sources said Wednesday. "General Soleimani held a meeting with President Putin and high-ranking Russian military and security officials during a ...

Moscow, August 17, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed the US alleged visit to Moscow of General Qassem Soleimani, saying the allegation was politically motivated, serving US propaganda campaign. Addressing a joint press conference, Lavrov rejected the US allegation that Moscow ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- The representative of the Islamic Revolution Supreme Leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ali Saeedi rejected reports about presence of the country's Quds Force Commander Ghasem Soleimani in Russia. The remarks show that American officials are laying the blame to obtain their objectives, Saeedi said referring to ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Russian, Iranian foreign ministers to discuss nuclear plan, Syria Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet on Monday to discuss the Iranian nuclear program and peace efforts in Syria, Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday....

A senior Russian official has denied claims that an Iranian general visited Moscow in violation of a UN travel ban. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said General Qassem Soleimani -- the commander of foreign operations for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps -- wasn't in the Russian capital "last week." "I have no information whatsoever ...

Tehran, Aug 15, IRNA - The United States said it would raise the issue of the alleged visit to Moscow by Major General Qassem Soleimani at the United Nations, claiming it has violated UN resolutions on Iran, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported. Western media have recently claimed that Soleimani, chief of the elite Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary ...