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Washington: US President Donald Trump told leaders of the G7 during a virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran was “about to surrender”, according to three officials from G7 nations who were briefed on the discussion. The remarks were made during a call with leaders of the major industrialised countries, where Trump spoke about the outcome of the recent military action known as "Operation Epic Fury”. Officials familiar with the conversation said he presented the operation as a major success. During the call, Trump reportedly told the leaders that he had “got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all”,…

Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday claimed that it carried out a missile and drone strike against the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, damaging the vessel and forcing it to retreat from regional waters. Howebver, the US has not confirmed the claim and added that its naval forces instead responded to a threatening approach by an Iranian vessel, according to a CBS News report. As per the Iranian state media outlet Press TV, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy launched a "precision operation" targeting the carrier while it was operating in waters near the Sea of Oman. In the…

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive but "damaged." The remarks from the US President come as speculation over the health of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei grows after the son of Iran's President mentioned hearing news about him "being injured". Notably, Khamenei has not been seen ⁠by Iranians since his selection on Sunday by a clerical ​assembly, and his first comments were read out by a television ​presenter on Thursday. Iran says Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured One Iranian official stated that the newly appointed supreme leader…

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Iran has reportedly deployed its elite counterterrorism force to protect newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei following the assassination of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old leader was killed in a strike attributed to the United States and Israel during the ongoing conflict. As per a report on Fox News, Iran's elite force is known as NOPO (Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat) -- the black-clad special unit has now been tasked with shielding Mojtaba Khamenei after the attack on a compound in Tehran on February 28. Ali Safavi, a representative of…