Tag: tehran
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COVID-19: 1 dies in every 10 mins in Iran
Lahore, 20th March: The country which is suffering the most number of deaths after China and Italy, is Iran, where at least 1 person is dying in every 10 mins, increasing their death toll to 149 so far. Nearly 18,500 have been infected and at least 1,284 people have died of Covid-19 in the country,…
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Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles Iran-Turkey border: USGS
Tehran, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Iran’s northwestern border with Turkey on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 9:23 am (0553 GMT), was near the village of Habash-e Olya, less than 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border, according to the USGS. It…
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Conservatives seen tightening grip as Iran votes for parliament
Tehran, Feb 22 (AFP/APP): Iranians took to the polls Friday in an election expected to see conservatives tighten their grip on parliament, amid voter apathy after the disqualification of thousands of candidates. Polls shut at midnight (2030 GMT) after at least five extensions beyond the originally scheduled 6:00 pm (1430 GMT) closing time to allow…
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Canada asks Iran to send airliner’s black boxes to Ukraine or France
Montreal, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): Canada on Sunday repeated its request that Iran quickly hand over to France or Ukraine black boxes from the Ukrainian airliner which Tehran’s forces accidentally shot down. Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne said he had spoken with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the subject. “I repeated Canada’s…
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In the words of a general: how Iran downed airliner
Tehran, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): The aerospace commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday accepted full responsibility for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet. In remarks aired on state television, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said the missile operator who fired on the plane did so independently because of communications “jamming”. It came as Iran…
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Iran says it unintentionally shot down Ukrainian plane due to ‘human error’
Tehran, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): Iran’s armed forces said Saturday they unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week blaming “human error”. The plane, which crashed on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board, was mistaken for a “hostile plane” and was hit while enemy threats were at the highest level, according to a…
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Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane
Tehran, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): Iran’s civil aviation chief denied Friday that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 people on board, rejecting Western claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defences. The cause of the crash is to be announced Saturday after an investigating committee meeting in the presence of…
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Lufthansa scraps Tehran flights until Jan 20
Frankfurt am Main, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): Lufthansa on Friday said it was cancelling all flights to and from Tehran until January 20, following suggestions that Iran may have mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane earlier this week. The German group, which also owns Austrian Airlines, said the flight ban was “due to the unclear…
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Iran denies missile downed Ukrainian plane
Tehran, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): Iran’s civil aviation chief denied Friday that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 on board, dismissing claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defences. The declaration came as Tehran faced mounting international pressure to allow a “credible” investigation into the crash, which Britain and Canada…
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Grief and mourning after Iran plane crash kills 176
Tehran, Jan 9 (AFP/APP): Bereaved friends and families joined in mourning Wednesday after a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board, as harrowing details started emerging about the victims, most of them from Iran and Canada. Both Canada and the United States called for a full investigation to determine the cause of…