Section: United Arab Emirates
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...
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...
Russians hacked company key to Ukraine scandal: researchers
A US cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainan gas company at the center of the scandal involving President Donald Trump’s efforts to dig up dirt on …read more Source:: Al...
Senior Iranian investigator to visit Ukraine in coming days
A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week, a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday. Oleksiy Danylov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council, told Reuters in...
Senior Iranian investigator to visit Kiev in coming days: Ukraine official
A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Kiev in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from the plane which was shot down by …read more Source:: Al...
Five ‘grieving nations’ to discuss Iran airliner attack: Ukrainian FM
Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko says five “grieving nations” to meet in London on January 16 to discuss Iran shooting down a civilian airplane. -Developing …read more Source:: Al...
Tehran did not hide cause of Ukraine plane crash: Iranian official
A senior Iranian security official said on Sunday Iran had no intention to conceal the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner which the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down, the …read more Source:: Al...
Iran’s Rrouhani promises to punish those behind plane’s downing: Ukraine
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice, the Ukranian presidency said.Rouhani told …read more Source:: Al...
Iran says its military shot down Ukrainian plane in ‘disastrous mistake’
* Ukraine plane came down after taking off from Tehran * Iranian commander says knew missile strike on same day * Shooting down followed tit-for-tat US, Iranian strikes * Iranians on social media ask why plane was allowed to fly Iran said on Saturday its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard, saying air...
Ukraine prosecutor investigating ‘willful killing’ in Iran plane attack
The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said on Saturday it is investigating possible willful killing and aircraft destruction in its probe of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran. Iran …read more Source:: Al...
