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Iran Protesters Defy Police
Iran Protesters Defy Police
Jan 12, 2020 3:21 PM CST

Iran Protesters Defy Police

Meanwhile, the head of the Revolutionary Guard says he wishes he were dead

(Newser) - Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protest their country's days of denials that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 176 people, the latest unrest to roil the capital amid soaring tensions with the US, the AP reports. Videos posted online showed protesters shouting...

8 Rockets Hit Iraqi Air Base
8 Rockets Hit
Iraqi Air Base
Jan 12, 2020 1:51 PM CST

8 Rockets Hit Iraqi Air Base

Four Iraqi officers are wounded at Balad Air Base

(Newser) - Eight rockets landed on an Iraqi air base Sunday and injured four Iraqi officers—but who perpetrated the attack remains unclear. Iraq's military says the Katyusha rockets struck Balad Air Base, which hosts foreign contractors and US troops roughly 46 miles north of Baghdad, CNN reports. Al Jazeera notes...

Mark Esper &#39;Didn&#39;t See&#39; Rationale for Trump&#39;s Big Move
Defense Sec.
'Didn't See'
Rationale
for Trump's
Big Move
sunday talk shows
Jan 12, 2020 12:20 PM CST

Defense Sec. 'Didn't See' Rationale for Trump's Big Move

And other quotes around the Sunday dial

(Newser) - Was there a rationale for killing Iran's top general? Defense Secretary Mark Esper seemed to convey mixed messages Sunday on that hot-button topic, the New York Times reports. On CBS' Face the Nation, Esper cast some doubt on President Trump's claim that he ordered Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani'...

Iranian Olympic Medalist Defects, Cites Oppression
Olympian Defects From Iran
Jan 12, 2020 10:50 AM CST

Olympian Defects From Iran

'Whatever they said, I wore,' says Kimia Alizadeh, the nation's only female medalist

(Newser) - Iran's only female Olympic medalist said she defected from the Islamic Republic in a blistering online letter in which she described herself as "one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran." Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh posted the letter on Instagram, the AP reports, as Iran's...

Protesters Hit the Streets: &#39;Khamenei Is a Murderer!&#39;
Protests Erupt After
Iran Admits Guilt
the rundown
Jan 11, 2020 3:00 PM CST

Protests Erupt After Iran Admits Guilt

And Ukraine is demanding a full apology over downed passenger plane that killed 176 people

(Newser) - Iran's admission that it "unintentionally" shot down a passenger jet this week, killing all 176 on board, hasn't exactly eased tensions. Thousands of angry protesters hit the streets in Iran on Saturday and faced tear gas from riot police, the New York Times reports. Videos show some...

Iran Admits 'Unintentionally' Shooting Down Passenger Jet

Officials say it was mistaken for 'hostile target'

(Newser) - Iran announced Saturday that its military "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week , killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on...

US Airstrike Failed to Kill Another Iranian Commander

State Department says target has 'a long history of targeting Americans'

(Newser) - The US tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, US officials said Friday. The officials said a military airstrike by special operations forces targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, a high-ranking commander in Iran'...

They'd Just Tied the Knot. After the Celebration, a Doomed Flight

Arash Pourzarabi, Pouneh Gorji had flown to Iran from Canada to get married

(Newser) - Among the 176 people killed when Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 crashed after taking off from Tehran, 63 of them were Canadians , and among that smaller group was a couple who'd just gotten married days before, CNN reports. "They were basically the kindest souls that I know, honestly,...

US Penalizes Iran, Rebuffs Iraq
US Penalizes Iran, 
Rebuffs Iraq
Jan 10, 2020 11:37 AM CST

US Penalizes Iran, Rebuffs Iraq

Tehran gets more sanctions, and State Department rejects troop withdrawal

(Newser) - As promised, the US has imposed more sanctions on Iran after the missile strike on American targets in Iraq. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury chief Steven Mnuchin announced them Friday, reports Reuters . They hit Iran's manufacturing, mining, and textile sectors, but they also target eight military and...

Joke About Iran Bombing Kardashians Gets Prof Fired

Babson College says it 'condemns any type of threatening words'

(Newser) - Babson College is facing claims of censorship after firing a professor who suggested Iran respond in kind to President Trump's threat to target Iranian cultural sites . Asheen Phansey, director of sustainability at the private college in Wellesley, Mass., says he was only making a joke Tuesday when he wrote...

Report: Video Shows Missile Hit Ukrainian Plane
Report: Video Shows Missile
Hit Ukrainian Plane
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 10, 2020 6:53 AM CST

Report: Video Shows Missile Hit Ukrainian Plane

Iran denies Flight 752 was shot down

(Newser) - Video shows that it was a missile, not mechanical failure, that brought down Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran on Wednesday, according to the New York Times . The video shows what is believed to be the moment an Iranian anti-aircraft missile hit the passenger plane. The video shows that...

Husband Left Behind Due to Mix-Up as Wife Boards Doomed Flight

Mohsen Ahmadipour missed the doomed Ukrainian International Airline flight

(Newser) - Mohsen Ahmadipour and his wife, Roja Azadian, were traveling home to Ottawa after visiting their families in Iran when Ahmadipour found out his ticket was no longer good. He thought he had only canceled a portion of it, but due to some sort of mix-up, the whole ticket ended up...

US Now Thinks Iran Shot Down Passenger Jet
Trump: Iran May Have
Mistakenly Shot Down Jet
UPDATED
Jan 9, 2020 12:13 PM CST

Trump: Iran May Have Mistakenly Shot Down Jet

'I have my suspicions,' he says

(Newser) - Ukraine has its doubts about Iran's explanation that a mechanical failure brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran this week. Now, the US does, too. The AP quotes two anonymous US officials who say it is "highly likely" that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed the Boeing 737...

Ukraine Not Ruling Out Missile in Jet Crash

'Too many things are unclear,' says one official about Iranian tragedy

(Newser) - Iran says it's confident that some kind of mechanical failure brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran this week. Ukraine, however, isn't so sure. Its investigators are looking into the possibility that a missile or perhaps an explosion inside the jet as part of a terrorist attack...

2 GOP Senators Run Afoul of Trump Allies

Fox's Lou Dobbs likens Mike Lee to Benedict Arnold over the senator's Iran criticism

(Newser) - After the White House briefed senators Wednesday on the decision to kill Iran's top commander , it was no big surprise that Democrats voiced criticism at the rationale. A bit more surprising was the criticism from two Republican senators, Mike Lee and Rand Paul. Lee in particular was heated. "...

Fight Over War Powers Looms in Congress
Fight Over War Powers
Looms in Congress
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 9, 2020 6:43 AM CST

Fight Over War Powers Looms in Congress

Pelosi says vote will be held Thursday

(Newser) - Iran and the US appear to have stepped back from the brink of war—but congressional Democrats still want to make sure President Trump's ability to take action against the country is reined in. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that the chamber will vote Thursday on a war...

Boeing Won't Get Black Box From Iran After 737 Crash

Involvement of US, Canada and Ukraine in investigation isn't clear

(Newser) - Even as the leaders of Canada and Ukraine pledged Wednesday to find the cause of the 737-800 crash that killed 176 people near Tehran, Iran announced that it would not turn over the airliner's flight recorders to Boeing. "We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer...

Trump Addresses America on Soleimani, Iran Attack

Says Soleimani's hands were 'drenched in blood'

(Newser) - It's what the AP calls "one of the greatest tests" of Donald Trump's presidency: how to respond to Iran's decision to fire ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases where US troops are present. And on Wednesday morning, he took to the airwaves from the White House'...

Iran: Our Missile Strikes 'a Slap in the Face' to the US

But no reports of US or coalition casualties so far, though Tehran claims dozens

(Newser) - The US military says it is still assessing casualties from Iranian missile strikes on two bases in Iraq that house US and coalition troops—but Tehran claims the impact was devastating. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the barrage of missiles in retaliation for the killing of Gen. Qasem...

Iran Plane Crash Killed 63 Canadians

Plane was carrying 167 passengers from 7 countries, and 9 crew

(Newser) - Two lucky souls who bought tickets for Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 from Tehran, Iran, to Kyiv ultimately didn't board the plane. Ukrainian officials say all 176 people aboard—including 63 Canadians— were killed when the plane crashed six miles from Imam Khomeini airport shortly after 6am local time...

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