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Iran arrests suspects in plane disaster as protests persist
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error, reports Reuters. Wednesday’s shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which...
How pro-Western is Ukraine’s response to plane crash in Iran?
President Zelenskyy’s reaction to the tragedy wins both praise and criticism as he navigates several political crises. …read more Source:: AL...
Iran says it has made arrests over plane disaster
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner. Iran acknowledged on Saturday it had shot the plane down during a state of high alert, hours after it had fired missiles at US targets in Iraq to retaliate for the killing of Iran’s most powerful military...
Canada PM: US to blame for Ukraine plane accident in Iran
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that victims of a Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran would still be alive if the US hadn’t triggered tensions in the region. In an interview with Global television, Trudeau suggested America’s assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani had brought about the tensions in...
Iran’s Judiciary: Arrests Made over Downing of Ukraine Jetliner
Iran’s Judiciary says a number of arrests have been made in connection with the recent downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, which killed all 176 on board. Gholam-Hussein Esmaili, the Judiciary’s spokesman, said on Tuesday that special commissions had been set up by the General Staff of the Armed Forces to investigate...
Iran, Ukraine, Canada joint meeting on Boeing 737 plane incident held in Tehran
…read more Source:: Mehr News...
Iran’s judiciary says arrests made over airliner downing as protests continue
Iran’s judiciary says arrests made over airliner downing as protests continue Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says everyone responsible for the plane crash must be punished for the incident MEE and agencies Tue, 01/14/2020 – 10:16 The air disaster claimed the lives of all 176 passengers and crew on board, most of them Iranians...
Aviation officials from Iran, Ukraine, Canada hold meeting over crash
; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Aviation officials from Iran, Ukraine, Canada hold meeting over plane crash
Aviation officials from Iran, Ukraine and Canada held a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday over the investigation of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran last week, Iranian state TV reported in an …read more Source:: Al...
Rouhani Says Plane Crash ‘Tragic Event’, Vows to Hold Those Responsible Accountable
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described Tuesday the deadly Ukraine plane crash as a “tragic event”, vowing that the incident will be thoroughly investigated. In a televised speech, he called the crash an “unforgivable error”, pledging that all those involved in the incident will be punished. Rouhani stressed that the fact that the Iranian...
