Mohsen Rezaie
Iran says has duty to mediate in Turkey-Russia dispute
Iran said on Dec. 6 it was its "duty" to mediate between Russia and Turkey as they trade accusations of buying oil from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Iran general did 80 missions in Syria, mourners told
An Iranian general killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo had taken part in 80 missions in the war-torn country, mourners were told at his funeral in Tehran on Oct. 11.
Hossein Hamedani of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards Corps became its highest-profile casualty of the effort to shore up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when he died Oct. 8.