“Clerics get lost!”: Iran protests rage after plane disaster
Dubai, UAEReuters Protesters denouncing Iran’s clerical rulers took to the streets and riot police deployed to face them on Monday, in a third day of demonstrations after authorities acknowledged mistakenly shooting down a passenger plane. Iran’s president called last week’s downing of the Ukrainian plane a “disastrous mistake” on Saturday, saying its air defences were […]
Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles – Canada’s Trudeau, citing intelligence
Reuters A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Thursday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa that the destruction of the airliner “may well have been unintentional”. Emergency […]