Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called the day the US bases in Iraq were struck by Iran a 'day of god'. Khamenei who led Friday Prayers for the first time since 2012 was referring to the day when Iran retaliated to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran's most senior general.
The spokesperson for US military command in Baghdad, Col. Myles Caggins has reportedly confirmed that at least 11 American soldiers were airlifted to Kuwait and Germany after the attacks for treatment of 'various traumatic head injuries'.
American troops were informed of an impending missile barrage hours before their air base in Iraq was struck by Iran, U.S. military officials said Monday, days after the attack that marked a major escalation between the longtime foes.
Iraq's Ambassador to Iran Saad Jawad Qandil on Monday said that the Gulf nation could purchase the Russian S-300 defence system. This comes as Iraq has seen several aerial attacks in the last few days.
Iranian police and security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Balad air base in Iraq came under rocket attack once again on Sunday, January 13. As per sources, 4 Iraqi soldiers were injured as the base hosting US soldiers came under attack late Sunday night. The nature of the attack is yet unknown with different sources claiming it was a mortar bomb/rocket attack.
Tensions between the United States of America and Iran may be at an all-time high but that has not stopped Jasmin Moghbeli from becoming the first Iranian-American astronaut in NASA. Jasmin 'Jaws' Moghbeli earned her nickname as she served her time as a decorated attack helicopter pilot in Afghanistan where she flew over 150 missions.
A video has surfaced on the internet allegedly capturing the exact moment of the missile launch by the Iranian military that hit the Ukrainian civilian aircraft killing 176 on-board.
Iran on Saturday evening arrested the British Ambassador in the country amid ongoing anti-regime protests against the 'unintentional' downing of a civilian aircraft that killed 176 people onboard. As per Tasnim news agency, Rob Macaire was temporarily arrested because was attempting, "to organise, instigate and direct some radical and destructive action."
After days of blame game and accusation, the uncertainty surrounding the Ukrainian plane crash finally ended with Iran acknowledging that it's military 'unintentionally' shot down the civilian jetliner on the day which saw Iran strike US bases in retaliation to the killing of one of their top Generals Qasem Soleimani. IndiaTVnews.com brings to you live reactions as they come in from across the world.
Iran on Saturday admitted to shooting down the Ukrainian civilian jetliner that was downed after taking off from Tehran airport. The crash killed 176 on board. Western countries including US, UK and Canada had accused Iran of shooting down the aircraft. Iran, on Satuday said that its military ‘unintentionally’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner.The statement came Saturday morning and blamed “human error” for the shootdown.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that Iran could have a nuclear bomb in 1-2 years if they violate the nuclear accord signed between Iran and the combined alliance of Russia, China, France, USA, UK, Germany and EU.
After the Canadian Prime Minister accused Iran of downing the Ukrainian civilian aircraft which killed over 60 Canadians, Iran has sought information and intelligence from Canada that could help the former come to a conclusion as to why the plane went down.
As the top leadership of several western countries including the US, UK and Canada blame Iran of shooting down the Ukrainian jetliner, a video has surfaced which claims to show the exact moment that the aircraft was hit by the Iranian missile. The 19-second clip shows a small explosion in its early part and claims that it was the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 Flight PS752 that was hit by an Iranian missile.
US and British top leaderships on Thursday claimed that it was 'highly likely' that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran airport on Tuesday. The officials have said that there is a major possibility that Iran downed the aircraft by mistake and blamed it on engine failure to cover its tracks.
Pence's remarks came after US President Donald Trump said in an address on Wednesday that no Americans were harmed in the attack by Iran on US bases in Iraq.
Satellite images of Ain Al Assad Air Base in Iraq show damage to the air bases housing US troops after Iran's missile attack in retaliation to the killing of its top general in a US airstrike.
The rocket attack in Baghdad's Green Zone comes a day after Iran had fired multiple missiles at Iraq airbases housing US troops. The whole of Iraq is on a heightened state of alert as tensions between the US and Iran have dramatically increased over the past few days.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country's final response to General Qasem Soleimani's death would be to expel all US forces out of the region.
Iran will not give the black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner to planemaker Boeing, the head of Tehran’s civil aviation organization was quoted as saying on Wednesday. A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed earlier on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport.
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