Iran protesters take to streets for third day after shooting down of plane January 13, 2020 Protesters have taken to the streets of Iran for a third day running, as outage over the authorities’ admission it accidentally shot down a Ukranian airliner, despite repeated denials that Iranian forces were responsible. Demonstrations in the country began on Saturday following the Iranian military’s admission that it had mistakenly shot down the plane, killing [...]
Iran’s ambassador to UK summoned by Foreign Office following arrest of British ambassador January 13, 2020 Iran’s ambassador to the UK has been summoned by the Foreign Office in response to the “unacceptable” arrest of the British ambassador to Iran in Tehran this weekend. Robert Macaire was detained for a short time on Saturday night after attending a vigil for those who died when Iranian forces mistakenly shot down a passenger [...]
Both black boxes from crashed Ukranian plane found in Iran January 8, 2020 Both black boxes from a Ukranian airliner that crashed just outside Tehran early on Wednesday have been found, according to Iranian state television. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed earlier shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport this morning, killing all 176 people on board. Read more: Iran plane crash: Three Brits [...]
Gold and oil prices climb as Iran crisis deepens after attacks January 8, 2020 Gold and oil prices have risen after Iranian missile attacks on Iraqi military bases housing US and UK personnel caused already heightened tensions in the Middle East to flare. The precious metal surged more than two per cent to hit a seven-year high overnight, breaking through the $1,600 barrier for the first time since 2013 [...]
UK condemns attacks on Iraq military bases as ‘reckless and dangerous’ January 8, 2020 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has condemned Iranian missile attacks on military bases in Iraq that hosted US-led coalition forces, including British personnel. Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at at least two military bases where coalition forces were based early on Wednesday, the US military said. Read more: Boris Johnson accused of ‘hiding’ [...]
Qassem Soleimani’s death is the UK’s first test of post-Brexit foreign policy January 8, 2020 It would be safe to say that the last thing our new government expected at the start of 2020 — flush with enthusiasm for its domestic agenda — was a foreign policy crisis, much less so one sprung upon it by the reaction of the mercurial Trump administration. But in truth, the drone strike on [...]