Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon blew up in deadly attacks last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

Iran's Guards ban communications devices after pager explosions in Lebanon against Hezbollah

Two high-ranking Iranian military advisers along with three others were killed in a strike launched by Israel on the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday (Jan 20), according to Iranian media reports.

Iran says Israeli strike on Damascus killed Guards’ Syria spy chief along with 4 others

The US Navy said that Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a commercial ship in the Gulf, media reports said. This incident occurred just a day after the US accused Iranian forces of two similar attempts off Oman.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf after two similar attempts

A bomb blast in Syria killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Colonel Davoud Jafari. According to local media reports citing the Guards, Jafari was one of Iran's military advisers in Syria as well as a member of the Guards’ aerospace arm.

Iranian colonel killed by bomb blast in Syria; Tehran blames Israel, vows to take revenge

People in Iran continue to protest despite an ultimatum from the revolutionary guards. The top command of Iran's revolutionary guards had said that the 29th of October would be the last day of demonstrations.

Iran: Students defy ultimatum by revolutionary guards, chant 'freedom' and 'I don't want Islamic Republic'

Iranian state media reported on Friday said that Tehran's naval flotilla briefly seized two American military unmanned research vessels in the Red Sea. While carrying out a counter-terrorism mission, the Iranian navy's "Jamaran destroyer encountered several American military unmanned research vessels on the international shipping route".

United States Navy's two drone vessels seized by Iran in Red Sea amid tensions

Iranian state media quoted a top commander of the Revolutionary Guards as saying that the country has drones with a range of 7000 km (4,375 miles). The development may be seen by the USA as a threat to regional stability.

We have drones with 7,000 km range, says Iran's top commander

Salafi jihadist militant organization Jaish ul-Adl has released two soldiers of Iran's Revolutionary Guards after two years of their abduction in exchange of release of their two arrested group members.

Iran frees two soldiers kidnapped by Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group 

Iran`s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf

Chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday said that Iran will avenge the killing of General Qasem Soleimani. But Guards' chief Major General Hossein Salami maintained that the Guards would do it in an "honourable" retaliation Soleimani, who headed the Guards elite Qods Force, was killed in an American airstrike near Baghdad airport in January.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows 'honourable' revenge for Qasem Soleimani killing

Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday.

Vehicles, not marches, to mark Iran's annual anti-Israel rally, says President Rouhani

The United States' warships will be destroyed if they threaten Tehran's security in the Gulf, Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Chief warned the US on Tursday. The warning comes a day after US President Donald Trump warned Iran over harassment of US ships on Twitter.

US warships will be destroyed if Tehran's interests threatened: Iran Revolutionary Guards Chief

Iran will give a decisive response to any mistake by the United States in the Gulf, the Revolutionary Guards navy said in a statement on Sunday. The statement was published on the Guards' news site Sepah News.

Iran will give a decisive response to any 'mistake' by US in the Gulf: Revolutionary Guards navy

The United States announced Friday that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Tehran.

US sending more troops to Gulf, Trump announces Iran sanctions

Iran dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that disrupted world oil production and warned on Sunday that US bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in range of its missiles.

Iran dismisses US claim it was behind Saudi oil attacks, says ready for war

Israel said on Sunday an air strike against an arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria that it accused of planning "killer drone attacks" showed Tehran that its forces were vulnerable anywhere.

Israel says air strike in Syria sent 'no immunity' message to Iran

The presence of America and Britain in the Gulf region brings insecurity, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards navy, Alireza Tangsiri, was reported as saying by the ILNA news agency.

Presence of US and UK in Gulf brings insecurity: Iran Revolutionary Guards navy chief

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday demanded an explanation from Iran after the arrest last month of Franco-Iranian dual national Fariba Adelkhah, an incident that complicates Paris' efforts to defuse tensions in the region.

France's Emmanuel Macron demands answers after dual national detained in Iran

Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has replaced the chief commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated the group a foreign terrorist organisation.

Iran's leader Khamenei appoints new chief for Revolutionary Guards

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on his first ever official visit to Iran on April 21 as part of Islamabad's efforts to promote bilateral ties with the neighbouring nation.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to embark on maiden Iran visit from April 21

No direction passed on whether pilots will fly from midnight due to non-payment of salaries: Jet Airways Jet Airways on Sunday issued a statement noting that Jet Airways' pilots body National Aviator's Guild (NAG) will be holding a meeting tomorrow "as no collective decision has been taken yet," news agency ANI reported.

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Iran will ask the international community to take a position on the US designation of its Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was cited as saying on Sunday.

This unprecedented, dangerous move will have consequences: Iran slams US step against Revolutionary Guards, urges countries to take position

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday accused the United States of being the real "leader of world terrorism", hitting back after Washington blacklisted Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.

US 'leader of world terrorism', Trump's 'vice and deceit' will destroy him: Iran President Hassan Rouhani

Iran will take reciprocal action against the United States if Washington designates the elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as terrorists, a majority of Iranian parliamentarians said on Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA.

Iran will retaliate in kind if US designates Revolutionary Guards as terrorists: MPs

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