Section: Malaysia
Iran agrees deescalation ‘only solution’ to US crisis
Iran’s president also met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (left). (AP pic)TEHRAN: Iran signalled Sunday it favours a deescalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft. Security was stepped up in...
Trump warns Iran against ‘massacre’ as plane protests erupt
Protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new “massacre” as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. Iran said earlier it...
Iran Guards say ‘superior’ missiles not to kill US troops
Iran launched a wave of missiles at bases in Iraq hosting American and other foreign troops last week. (AP pic)TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they did not aim to kill US troops when firing a wave of missiles last week at Iraqi bases hosting American forces. “Our aim was not really to kill enemy soldiers. That was not...
Iran issues more visas to Canadian team probing crash
Rescue worker searching crash site. (AP pic)OTTAWA: Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials following a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday, Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Sunday. Champagne said on Twitter that three officials from the...
Pelosi sees ‘enough testimony’ against Trump to convict
Pelosi says now ball is in Senate’s court. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she believes the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump produced “enough testimony to remove him from office” when the case moves to the Senate. Speaker Pelosi will meet with the House Democratic caucus early Tuesday to prepare...
Protesters demand Iran’s leaders quit after military admits it hit plane
Security forces deployed in large numbers across the capital expecting more protests after the Revolutionary Guard admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. (AP picDUBAI: Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a...
EU urges ‘de-escalation’ after Iran holds UK envoy
BRUSSELS:The EU’s diplomatic chief criticised Iran on Sunday for briefly detaining the British ambassador to Tehran, calling for “de-escalation”. Iranian authorities held ambassador Rob Macaire at a student protest to pay tribute to those killed when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down outside Tehran, killing 176 people including Britons....
Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike
DUBAI: Iranian protesters and newspapers piled pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police stepped up their presence in Tehran on Sunday after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.Riot police fired teargas at thousands of Iranians who had taken to the streets late on Saturday in the...
Britain’s Iran envoy denies attending demo before arrest
TEHRAN: Britain’s ambassador to Tehran denied Sunday that he took part in a demonstration that broke out at a memorial for the 176 people killed when a plane was shot down. Students held a gathering at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University on Saturday evening to honour those killed hours after Iran admitted the Ukrainian airliner was downed...
Top Guards commander briefs Iran parliament
TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief was briefing parliament Sunday over the killing of a top general by the US, Tehran’s retaliation and the subsequent downing of an airliner, ISNA news agency said. Major General Hossein Salami was addressing the members of the Majles in a closed session, the semi-official news agency reported....
