The Iranian government has accused South Korea of holding more than $7bn (€5.7bn) of its money “hostage” in its banks, a day after its revolutionary guards stormed and captured a Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The tanker, the MT Hankuk Chemi, was seized on Monday and escorted to an Iranian port under the pretext that it was causing pollution in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian officials.
But the ship’s owners have denied this and revealed the tanker was boarded by armed marines from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), suggesting that Tehran intends to use it as leverage in a dispute with Seoul over frozen Iranian assets.
Iraqis Mark Anniversary Of Top Iranian General s Assassination
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Thousands of Iraqis converged on central Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the twin assassinations in a U.S. air strike of a top Iranian general and a leader of an Iraqi powerful Shi’ite militia.
Last year’s U.S. drone strike near Baghdad airport killed Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of Iraq s Hashd al-Shaabi militia, along with several other Iran-allied militiamen.
Many of the demonstrators were holding posters of Soleimani and al-Mohandes while some demanded the expulsion of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Remembering a humble giant, Qassem Soleimani
Remembering a humble giant, Qassem Soleimani
January 2, 2021
A US airstrike in early 2020 killed Iran’s beloved military leader Qassem Soleimani, who is hailed as a hero for his devotion to unifying the Middle East’s struggles for liberation and for doggedly resisting US imperialism in the region.
by Mohammed Khaku
The year 2020 has been completely disastrous. The year started with a horrific crime committed by Donald Trump with the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The crime can never be forgotten. Iran has every right to pursue justice to bring these criminals and their accomplice to justice.