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Trump 'closely following' Tehran protests, says humans right groups should
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the United States is 'closely following' the protests in Tehran that are held after the revelation of Iranian military's 'unintentional' downing of a Ukrainian plane last week, adding that humans rights grou
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Protesters in Tehran demand Ayatollah Khamenei to quit over downing of pla
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 12 (ANI): A group of Iranian demonstrators on Saturday demanded the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to step down as protests hit central Tehran after its military mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 people on board last week.
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IRGC commander says he takes full responsibility for Ukrainian airliner cr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (ANI): A senior commander of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday he takes full responsibility for the Ukrainian airliner crash near Tehran that claimed the lives of all 176 people aboard.
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Iran deeply regrets 'disastrous mistake' leading to Ukrainian plane crash:
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that he deeply regrets the "disastrous mistake" which led to the Ukrainian jetliner crash near Tehran and claimed the lives of all 176 people on board.
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Iran admits it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian passenger plane
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (ANI): Iran on Saturday admitted that it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger plane that crashed near Tehran earlier this week, killing all 176 people aborad, state media reported.
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Iranian authorities to announce cause of Ukrainian airliner crash on Satur
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Iranian authorities are planning to announce the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane on Saturday, the Fars news agency reported citing a source.
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Iran refutes claims Ukrainian Boeing 737 downed by missile
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 10 (ANI): Iran on Friday refuted claims that the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near its capital Tehran, killing 176 people, was hit by a missile, saying that the cause behind the mishap would be determined only after opening the black box, state-run Islamic Republ
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Iran plane crash "not an intentional act," says Australian PM
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Jan 10 : Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said that the Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran "does not suggest an intentional act."
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Iran asks Canada to share information regarding airliner crash
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 10 (ANI): Iran has asked Canada to share any information it has regarding the Ukrainian airliner crash after Candian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his country has intelligence from several sources to prove that Tehran has shot down the aeroplane with 176 peopl
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Video surfaces showing Ukrainian airliner being hit by missile
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 10 (ANI): A video has surfaced which claims to have captured the moments when the Ukrainian airliner was allegedly hit by an Iranian missile above Parand near Tehran Airport.
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Intel indicates Iran shot down Ukrainian airliner through surface-to-air m
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Jan 10 (ANI): Canada has intelligence from multiple sources that Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missile, said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, adding that the action by Tehran may be 'unintentional'.
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US believes Iran mistakenly shot down Ukrainian airplane
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 10 (ANI): The United States believes that Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian airliner in which 176 people were killed, CNN reported on Thursday citing several officials.
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