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House of Representatives votes to repeal 2002 authorisation of Iraq war as President Biden backs a review of US posture.
Soleimani assassination
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Symbolic vote expected later this week as lawmakers and Joe Biden seek to revise legal basis for US military action.
![Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he was 'sorry' to hear Zarif’s comments on assassinated General Qassem Soleimani [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-02-10T000000Z_2028871614_RC2RPL9TWL8J_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-KHAMENEI.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The supreme leader’s comments cast a shadow over Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s future in Iranian politics.
![Three hours of an audio recording was anonymously leaked to Farsi-language media outside Iran on Sunday [File: Russian foreign ministry via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8QM9E6.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Foreign minister’s private comments on power struggles within the Iranian establishment ignite controversy.
![People walk near a photo of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on the one year anniversary of his assassination by a US drone, in Tehran on January 1, 2021 [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-01T140444Z_1336008928_RC22ZK9L02Z3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-USA-SOLEIMANI.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani was one of several major setbacks for Iran in 2020. Can it recover?
With Trump’s presidency almost over, his legacy in the conservative media sphere starts to take shape.
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US President Trump ordered drone strike that killed Soleimani and al-Muhandis in Baghdad last January.
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Thousands condemn ‘American occupiers’ a year after US drone strike killed top Iranian general and Iraqi commander.
![Iraqis gather to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis [Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-03T114306Z_1453676098_RC2B0L9S9DCB_RTRMADP_3_IRAQ-IRAN-SOLEIMANI.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Mourners hold mock funeral procession on highway leading to city’s airport where the January 3, 2020 strike took place.
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Iran says US show of force may raise tensions to ‘alarming level’ ahead of the anniversary of Qassem Soleimani killing.
![Iran signals stepping up legal efforts on accountability for slain general before his death anniversary [File: Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5e963aecefe2417cb0f605afe311bb59_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Allegations come amid rising tensions as Iran’s FM accuses President Trump of aiming to fabricate ‘pretext for war’.
![US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, December 23, 2020. [Tom Brenne/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-12-23T214939Z_2079644415_RC29TK9YW4GB_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
US president says ‘will hold Iran responsible’ as top advisers meet to discuss options to deter further attacks.
![Khamenei: 'Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried this out should be punished' [Iranian supreme leader's website/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8X92LA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Iran’s supreme leader meets family of top general some two weeks before first anniversary of his US assassination.
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Media reports suggest drawdown to continue until after anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.