Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday threatened Tehran "will use all its options" to respond to the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards officer Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed alongside former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
Abbas Nilforoushan © INM
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday threatened Tehran "will use all its options" to respond to the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards officer Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed alongside former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
Nilforoushan’s funeral procession began Monday in Iraq and will continue over the coming days in Iran.
Iran is "dramatically" increasing the amount of uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% of weapons grade, that it is able to produce, the watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters in an interview.
The resurgence of fighting in Syria has brought into focus the role of foreign powers in the country. Turkey, Iran, Russia and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011, while Israel mounts frequent airstrikes in Syrian territory.
Iran sent into space on Friday its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported.
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