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  Qasem Soleimani death fallout: US imposes sanctions on top Iranian leaders

  World | January 10, 2020 23:58 IST

  A total of eight senior Iranian functionaries, including top leaders, have been individually targeted in the new sanctions

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  Ex-CIA officer questions reason for killing Iranian general Qasem Soleimani

  World | January 10, 2020 20:07 IST

  In comments to The Associated Press, Plame questioned Trump’s justification for ordering the attack that killed Qassem Soleimani and said the lives of thousands of American troops are at risk

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  Iran will have nuclear weapons in 'fairly short period of time' if it violates JCPOA: France

  World | January 10, 2020 14:42 IST

  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. 

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  After Trudeau's stinging allegations, Iran asks Canada to share 'intelligence' regarding plane crash

  World | January 10, 2020 10:00 IST

  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.

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  Video: Exact moment when Ukrainian jetliner was shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missile

  World | January 10, 2020 8:27 IST

  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.

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  US, British top-brass accuse Iran of shooting down civilian aircraft; Trudeau backs theory

  World | January 10, 2020 6:50 IST

  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.

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  Iran sending messages to militias not to attack US targets: Mike Pence

  World | January 09, 2020 11:17 IST

   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.

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  Trump Iran Address: Major statements made by the US President

  India | January 09, 2020 6:56 IST

  Donald Trump Iran address: Here are the major statements US President Donald Trump made during his address.

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  Your foot will be cut from the region, leave now: Iran tells US

  World | January 09, 2020 1:51 IST

  It is worth noting that Iran has a unique advantage in Middle East/West Asia, due to its geographical position. USA is engaged in long-drawn wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghanistan has seen a major resurgence of Taliban and other terrorist outfits whom the US had vowed to eliminate after 9-11 terror attacks in 2001.

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  Final answer will be to kick all US forces out of region: Iran President Rouhani

  World | January 08, 2020 17:33 IST

  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.

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  At least 80 'terrorist US soldiers' killed in missile attack at Iraqi bases: Iran state media

  World | January 08, 2020 15:23 IST

  Iranian state media has claimed that at least '80 terrorist US soldiers' were killed in the missile strikes at Iraqi bases housing US troops. The strike was in retaliation to the killing of Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike.

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  'A slap was delivered last night': Ayatollah Khamenei on rocket attack at US base in Iraq

  World | January 08, 2020 14:31 IST

  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said a slap was delivered last night after Iran targeted US bases in Iraq taking revenge over the killing of their top general Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike.

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  Second tremor of magnitude 4.5 near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant

  World | January 08, 2020 15:56 IST

  Second tremor of magnitude 4.5 has been reported near Iran nuclear site. The first tremor reported this morning was of 4.9 magnitude that had struck 10 km south-east of Borazjan, Iran, at 2.20 am GMT according to USGS.

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  Iran will welcome any peace initiative by India for de-escalating tensions with US: Iranian Envoy

  World | January 08, 2020 12:55 IST

  Iranian Envoy to India, Ali Chegeni, said thaty Iran will welcome any peace initiative by India for de-escalating its tension with the United States, news agency PTI reported. "We are not for war, looking for peace and prosperity for everybody in this region," The Iranian Envoy said.

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  US issues emergency restriction for Iraq, Iran, Persian Gulf airspace after missile attacks

  India | January 08, 2020 15:57 IST

  The US aviation authority has prohibited its civil flight operators from using the airspace over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf, hours after Iran fired over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two American bases in response to the killing of its General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike.

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  India issues travel advisory for Iraq, DGCA says avoid Baghdad, Iran and Gulf airspace

  India | January 08, 2020 12:38 IST

  India on Wednesday asked its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq, amid rising tension between Iran and the US after a drone strike by the American military killed their Iranian commander General Qasem Soleimani last week. Iran retaliated today with ballistic missile strikes at two bases used by US and coalition forces in Iraq.

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  Fierce revenge has begun: Iran threatens to hit Israel, Dubai if US retaliates to airbase bombing

  World | January 08, 2020 8:54 IST

  Soleimani’s killing and the strikes by Iran came as tensions have been rising steadily across the Mideast after President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally withdraw America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. 

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  Video | Multiple Iranian missiles hit Iraq airbase; locals scream, run for safety

  World | January 08, 2020 8:18 IST

  A video showing missile attacks at Iraq airbases has surfaced on social media. The missile attacks come as a revenge for the US killing of Qassem Soleimani, whose death last week in an American drone strike near Baghdad prompted angry calls to avenge his slaying.

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  US-Iran tensions: Here's how sequence of events unfolded on January 8

  World | January 08, 2020 23:42 IST

  Here are the latest updates on U.S.-Iran tensions after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. Iran has retaliated this morning by launching rocket strikes at US military base at Al Asad in Iraq. 

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  Soleimani was plotting to attack American facilities, kill diplomats: US NSA

  World | January 08, 2020 7:17 IST

  Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards' General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack last week in Iraq, was plotting to kill American diplomats by attacking US facilities, a top national security advisor to President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.