The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred” (killed). Iran’s president dead after helicopter crash, state media confirms Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App : https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred” (killed). There is still no official confirmation that Raisi is dead, but medics have said that they found “no signs” of life at the crash site. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem is in Doha and Resul Serdar is in Tehran for the latest. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #IranHelicopterAccident #EbrahimRaisi #Raisi #AmirAbdolahian #EastAzerbaijan #BreakingNews #news
Last night’s statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is seen as the strongest yet, warning of the possibility of a preemptive strike in the coming hours. He said groups backed by Iran will not allow Israel to do what it wants in Gaza. Among those groups is Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has been engaged with Israel along the border for more than a week now. That cross-border exchange of fire has so far been largely limited in scope, confined to the border areas and military targets. Hezbollah describes what is taking place along the border as skirmishes and a warning, while Israel describes it as below the level of escalation. […]
0 Iran state TV has aired the test launch of a satellite-carrying rocket, which it said was able to reach a height of 500 kilometres (310 miles). A defence ministry spokesman said Zuljanah will be able to place operational satellites into orbit as US President Joe Biden considers reviving the 2015 nuclear accord. Iran says its satellite and nuclear programmes are for civilian purposes but western powers say the satellite could be used as a military weapon. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #Zuljanah #satellite
Iran is threatening the United States with a “crushing response” to its efforts to reimpose sanctions. The US has called for the triggering of the so-called snapback of the sanctions that were lifted in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But every other permanent member of the United Nations Security Council has rejected the US demand. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #IranSanctions #UNSC