NPR: Qassem Soleimani https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=793251820 Qassem Soleimani en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:46:19 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Qassem Soleimani https://www.npr.org/tags/793251820/qassem-soleimani Iran says 2 explosions have killed over 100 people honoring an assassinated general Two explosions in southeastern Iran have killed more than 100 people and wounded over 200, according to Iran's state media, which said Iranian officials called the blasts a "terrorist attack." Wed, 03 Jan 2024 09:46:49 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2024/01/03/1222638094/iran-explosions https://www.npr.org/2024/01/03/1222638094/iran-explosions

Two explosions in southeastern Iran have killed more than 100 people and wounded over 200, according to Iran's state media, which said Iranian officials called the blasts a "terrorist attack."

]]> Peter Kenyon Twitter Bans Account Linked To Iran's Supreme Leader An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image also appears on Khameini's website. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:05:45 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959736537/twitter-bans-account-linked-to-irans-supreme-leader https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959736537/twitter-bans-account-linked-to-irans-supreme-leader An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image also appears on Khameini's website.

]]> Dustin Jones U.S. Killing Of Iran's Gen. Soleimani 'Was Unlawful,' U.N. Expert Says President Trump said the U.S. targeted Iran's Qassem Soleimani because of an imminent threat. A U.N. investigator says the U.S. has produced no evidence to back that up. Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:08:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/888179625/u-s-killing-of-irans-gen-soleimani-was-unlawful-u-n-expert-says https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/888179625/u-s-killing-of-irans-gen-soleimani-was-unlawful-u-n-expert-says

President Trump said the U.S. targeted Iran's Qassem Soleimani because of an imminent threat. A U.N. investigator says the U.S. has produced no evidence to back that up.

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]]> Bill Chappell Trump Tops Iran's List Of U.S. Officials Wanted In Killing Of Top General In January Iran issues arrest warrants for 36 officials, including President Trump, in the Jan. 3 U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Trump faces little threat of being arrested. Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:19:54 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884831726/trump-tops-irans-list-of-u-s-officials-wanted-for-killing-top-general-in-january https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884831726/trump-tops-irans-list-of-u-s-officials-wanted-for-killing-top-general-in-january

Iran issues arrest warrants for 36 officials, including President Trump, in the Jan. 3 U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Trump faces little threat of being arrested.

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]]> Brakkton Booker Iranians Vote In Parliamentary Election, After 1 Week Of Campaigning More than 15,000 people had sought to run for one of the 290 seats in Iran's parliament, but the government disqualified thousands — many of them reformist or moderate candidates — last month. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:34:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/807857001/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-after-1-week-of-campaigning https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/807857001/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-after-1-week-of-campaigning

More than 15,000 people had sought to run for one of the 290 seats in Iran's parliament, but the government disqualified thousands — many of them reformist or moderate candidates — last month.

]]> Bill Chappell VIDEO: How The U.S. And Iran Ratcheted Up Their Long-Running Feud If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:17:40 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798171519/video-how-the-u-s-and-iran-ratcheted-up-their-long-running-feud https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798171519/video-how-the-u-s-and-iran-ratcheted-up-their-long-running-feud

If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years.

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]]> Greg Myre Iran Conflict Could Shift To Cyberspace, Experts Warn After the U.S. killed Iran's top military leader, government officials and security experts say Iran could retaliate with cyberattacks ranging from destroying data to defacing websites. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:06:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/797449708/iran-conflict-could-shift-to-cyberspace-experts-warn https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/797449708/iran-conflict-could-shift-to-cyberspace-experts-warn

After the U.S. killed Iran's top military leader, government officials and security experts say Iran could retaliate with cyberattacks ranging from destroying data to defacing websites.

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]]> Shannon Bond NPR Poll: More Americans Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Iran Than Approve By a 49%-42% margin, Americans disapprove of how President Trump has handled the crisis with Iran, reflecting the number of people who disapprove of the job he's doing overall. Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:36:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796315045/npr-poll-more-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-handling-of-iran-than-approve https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796315045/npr-poll-more-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-handling-of-iran-than-approve By a 49%-42% margin, Americans disapprove of how President Trump has handled the crisis with Iran, reflecting the number of people who disapprove of the job he's doing overall.

]]> Domenico Montanaro Opinion: The Danger From Iran Didn't Die With Soleimani We should be very worried about the new risks we will confront in a world where senior government officials are considered fair game, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:34:14 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795937471/opinion-the-danger-from-iran-didnt-die-with-soleimani https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795937471/opinion-the-danger-from-iran-didnt-die-with-soleimani We should be very worried about the new risks we will confront in a world where senior government officials are considered fair game, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen.

]]> Brett Bruen Esper: U.S. Could Strike Iran Or Proxies 'Where Legally Available And Appropriate' In an interview with NPR on Monday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said if U.S. troops or interests are threatened, the U.S. will have the right to retaliate. Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:56:57 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/13/796102188/esper-u-s-could-strike-iran-or-proxies-where-legally-available-and-appropriate https://www.npr.org/2020/01/13/796102188/esper-u-s-could-strike-iran-or-proxies-where-legally-available-and-appropriate In an interview with NPR on Monday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said if U.S. troops or interests are threatened, the U.S. will have the right to retaliate.

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