By Agencies Iran: An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who kill U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehran’s latest standoff with Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives for the 50th World Economic…
Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Iran Saturday after Tehran admitted that it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passanger jet, killing 176 people. Thousands gathered outside the gates of Amir Kabir University, near the former US embassy in Tehran, to denounce the plane crash the government blamed on human error and “US adventurism.” Ukraine…
Iran said on Saturday its armed forces “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard. President Hassan Rouhani said a military investigation had found “missiles fired due to human error” brought down the Boeing 737 on Wednesday, calling it an “unforgivable mistake”. The about-turn…
A Ukrainian commercial airliner crashed on January 8 soon after taking off from Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing all 176 people on board, mostly Iranian nationals, but also Western and Ukrainian citizens. Debris and smoldering parts from the Boeing 737-800NG belonging to Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) were strewn across a field southwest of the Iranian capital’s…
Israel’s defence minister summoned the country’s military and security chiefs to Tel Aviv on Friday (Jan 3) in the wake of the US air strike that killed senior Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. As Iranian officials vowed revenge, the government of America’s closest ally in the Middle East gave no immediate public response to…
Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. Gen Soleimani and officials from Iran-backed militias were leaving Baghdad airport in two cars when they were hit by a US drone strike near a cargo area. The commander had reportedly flown in from Lebanon or Syria.…
