The chief commander of Iran’s elite force, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps [IRGC], Major General Hossein Salami, said the sanctions placed on the Islamic Republic under the pretext of preventing it from attaining nuclear weapons are just a plea to block its march towards knowledge. “Why would they sanction us ...
China demanded Tuesday that the United States “immediately cancel” a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, adding fuel to tensions between the two powers. It would be the first big-ticket US military sale to the democratically-governed island in decades, and ...