The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, responding to the US killing of a top general and to unrest at home over the accidental downing of an airliner.
Iranian protesters and newspapers pile pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police step up their presence in Tehran after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.
Herewith are some of the remarks made by top leaders in response to the Iranian statement on its responsibility for the crash.
Iran’s message was clear with its missile strikes on US bases in Iraq. This would be their only response, and that they would now wait and see what the US would do. US President Trump made the final decision that the US response would be sanctions, signalling to advisers that the threat of escalation was off the table.
Pope Francis urges the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Iran has developed “asymmetrical” responses - ballistic missiles, deadly drones and a web of militia allies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, among other things - with the aim of being able to inflict pain while avoiding the traditional battlefield.
Oil prices rise over 1% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a US air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.
Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape becomes a potential US military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible open conflict.
Pope Francis calls for dialogue and restraint two days after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the United States.
The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, responding to the US killing of a top general and to unrest at home over the accidental downing of an airliner.
Iranian protesters and newspapers pile pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police step up their presence in Tehran after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.
Herewith are some of the remarks made by top leaders in response to the Iranian statement on its responsibility for the crash.
Iran’s message was clear with its missile strikes on US bases in Iraq. This would be their only response, and that they would now wait and see what the US would do. US President Trump made the final decision that the US response would be sanctions, signalling to advisers that the threat of escalation was off the table.
Pope Francis urges the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Iran has developed “asymmetrical” responses - ballistic missiles, deadly drones and a web of militia allies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, among other things - with the aim of being able to inflict pain while avoiding the traditional battlefield.
Oil prices rise over 1% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a US air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.
Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape becomes a potential US military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible open conflict.
Pope Francis calls for dialogue and restraint two days after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the United States.
John Bolton's departure from the White House removes an obstacle to the possibility of US-Iranian nuclear talks, but the odds of such a dialogue leading anywhere remain low, current and former US officials say.
