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Iran civil aviation body issues 2nd report on Ukraine jetliner tragedy
Jan 21, 2020 09:43Iran’s civil aviation agency has released its second preliminary investigative report on the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran earlier this month.
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US House Democrats vow to call witnesses themselves if Senate doesn’t in Trump trial
Jan 20, 2020 05:37Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have vowed to call new witnesses, including Lev Parnas, if Republicans in control of the Senate refuse to do so in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
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Trump’s legal team slams impeachment charges as ‘brazen and unlawful’
Jan 20, 2020 05:26President Donald Trump's legal team has strongly dismissed the upcoming impeachment trial by the US Senate as unconstitutional and "dangerous."
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Black box of Flight 752 still in Iran, civil aviation chief says
Jan 19, 2020 11:45The black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was mistakenly downed near the Iranian capital is still in Iran and no decision has been made yet to send it abroad, says the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI).
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Iran to send black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane to Kiev: Civil Aviation Organization
Jan 19, 2020 03:38Iran will send to Kiev the black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was mistakenly downed near the capital, Tehran, this month, the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI) says.
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Ukraine president rejects premier's resignation over leaked audio
Jan 18, 2020 05:49President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has turned down the resignation of his prime minister, who offered to resign after clandestine audio recordings appeared to show him disparaging the president's knowledge of economics.
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Iran decries certain countries' political abuse of Ukraine plane crash
Jan 17, 2020 08:12Iran's Foreign Ministry has decried the "abuse" of Iran's accidental downing of Ukraine plane by some countries who pursue certain "political plots" against Iran.
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Zarif: Only Trump, Pompeo, Daesh celebrating martyrdom of Gen. Soleimani
Jan 15, 2020 09:05Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says the only people celebrating the martyrdom of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are US President Donald Trump, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Daesh Takfiri terror group.
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UK ambassador leaves Tehran 'with prior notice' following arrest drama
Jan 15, 2020 11:18Britain’s Ambassador to Iran Robert Macaire has left Tehran for London a few days after his brief detention at the site of an illegal protest rally in the capital city.
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President Rouhani calls for special court to hear plane tragedy cases
Jan 14, 2020 09:00President Hassan Rouhani says all those responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran should be brought to justice, urging that a special tribunal be appointed to hear cases and try all those involved.