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Kerman, Jan 3, IRNA – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said the US seeks to plunder nations in the region and disintegrating Islamic states, adding that Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani thwarted the US plot to disintegrate states in the region.

Speaking in a meeting to commemorate anniversary of General Soleimani's martyrdom, Shrif said that formation of a powerful Islamic force for the first time in 200 years helped Muslims fight united against a common enemy.

TEHRAN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Several Iranian political and military officials issued warnings on Saturday over possible hostile movements against Iran, on the first anniversary of the killing of commander Qassem Soleimani.

"New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans-putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on social media, as quoted by official news agency IRNA.

02 Jan 2021; MEMO: Esmail Ghaani, commander of the Quds Force in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), has threatened to avenge Qasem Soleimani's death "in the US' own home."

TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A gas explosion in a residential building in the Iranian southwestern city of Ahvaz on Friday injured 12 people, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Two floors of the building were damaged in the incident, according to the report.

Following the incident, a rapid reaction team and two rescue teams from the Iranian Red Crescent Society were sent to the area.

(Reuters) - The U.S. killing of top general Qassem Soleimani will not deter Iranian resistance, a senior commander said on Friday as tensions mounted in the build-up to the first anniversary of the drone strike.

The United States killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, in Iraq on Jan. 3, 2020. Washington had accused him of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region.

Tehran, Jan 1, IRNA – Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Esmail Qa'ani described the martyred commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani as a hero of the Islamic Ummah who defeated the hegemonic powers.

He made the remarks in a ceremony Friday morning to mark the first anniversary of the martyrdom of the late commander of the Quds forces Gen. Soleimani who was assassinated by the US forces in Baghdad.

Tehran, Jan 1st, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif told his Kuwaiti counterpart that Washington would be held accountable for any potential adventurism in the region.

Speaking in a phone call, Zarif and Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah held talks about the latest issues relating ties between Kuwait and Iran as well as regional developments.

The Iranian top diplomat explained the viewpoint of the Islamic Republic concerning the need for protecting broad stability and security of the region away from any foreign intervention.

New York, Jan 1st, IRNA – Iran's Permenant in the United Nations warned the Security Council of the increasing US military adveturism in the Persian Gulf.

Tehran, Jan 1st, IRNA – The Trump administration is approaching its end, while its so-called maximum pressure on Iran and the assassination of Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani brought the outgoing US president nothing but a big failure in his political life.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the US cut off the Iranian general’s hand; so, the Americans’ military presence in the region should be ended, because their military presence means that the Iranians have not yet taken the final revenge for the heinous assassination.

TEHRAN, Dec 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iraq paid “part” of its energy debt to Iran through a barter agreement, an Iranian official was quoted as saying.

“Iran has bought commodities as part of Iraq’s debt for electricity, and they will enter the country in the next few days,” Secretary-General of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, Hamid Hosseini, declared.