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Trump tweets ‘world is watching’ amid Iranian protests over Ukrainian plane shooting
Tehran/London – Protests were reported late Saturday in several parts of the Iranian capital Tehran over the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane by the Iranian military, according to Iranian media. Hundreds of people took part in Saturday night protest rallies outside Tehran, Amir Kabir and Sharif, according to news agencies IRNA...
Rising tensions and condemnation after Iran admits shooting down Ukrainian plane
DUBAI – Iran’s admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176 aboard, has provoked international outrage and triggered growing protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britain’s ambassador was detained. In what President Hassan Rouhani called a “disastrous...
News24.com | Downing of Ukraine plane: The world demands full accountability from Iran
Iran says it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed outside Tehran killing 176 people, calls it an “unforgivable mistake”. …read more Source::...
News24.com | LATEST | Ukraine believes Iran plane probe will be ‘objective and prompt’
Ukraine has said Iran had provided enough data including videos and photographs to show the probe into Tehran’s downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet will be objective and prompt. …read more Source::...
Iran admits it mistakenly shot down Ukrainian plane killing 176
DUBAI – Iran said on Saturday it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard and voiced deep regret, after initially denying it brought down the aircraft in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq. Wednesday’s crash heightened pressure on Iran after months of friction with the...
Iran mistakenly shot down Ukrainian plane killing 176
DUBAI – Iran said on Saturday it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard and voiced deep regret, after initially denying it brought down the aircraft in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq. Wednesday’s crash heightened pressure on Iran after months of friction with the...
News24.com | Downing of Ukraine jet ‘unforgivable mistake’: Iran’s Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country “deeply regrets” the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner, which he described as “a great tragedy & unforgivable mistake”. …read more Source::...
House to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate next week
Washington – Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Friday said the House will move next week to transfer articles of impeachment to the Senate for President Donald Trump’s trial. The top House Democrat said she told Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring a resolution to the floor...
News24.com | US gives Ukraine ‘important data’ on Iran plane crash
US officials have given Kiev “important data” about the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko says. …read more Source::...
PICS: Ukraine plane crash may be a grim echo of US downing of Iran flight in 1988
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. The July 3, 1988 downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the U.S. Navy remains one of the...
