Iran plane crash

Iran

Black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet in Iran

The Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet, crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's main airport on January 8, killing all 176 people on board.

23/08/2020

Ukraine

Leaked audio shows Iran instantly knew it had downed Ukrainian plane

Ukrainian and Iranian authorities have said the recording between an Iranian pilot and air traffic controller is authentic.

04/02/2020

Ukraine

Watch: Ukraine holds ceremony for plane crash victims

11 of the 176 people killed when Flight PS752 was shot down outside Tehran were Ukrainian.

19/01/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. Turkey can become an actor in the new Great Game in Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East ǀ View

When historians look at the course of events in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East at the beginning of 2020, it is not entirely unlikely that they might identify this year as a prelude to a new Great Game.

16/01/2020

Iran

Iran makes arrests over downing of Ukrainian passenger plane

Hassan Rouhani said the world will be watching as families of the dead seek justice and transparency. But how was he in the dark at the beginning on the story?

14/01/2020

USA

Euroviews. Iran and Trump likely broke international law. And 176 innocents paid the price ǀ View

Would the 176 souls who perished on that plane still be alive had the United States not sought to kill Gen. Qassem  Soleimani?

13/01/2020

Iran

Iranian police fire tear gas and live rounds against protesters

Online videos from Tehran show Iranian police and security forces firing both tear gas and live rounds to disperse demonstrators who are protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner

13/01/2020

Canada

Iran plane families will get answers, says Canada PM Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been gut-wrenching to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week as he attended one of several memorials across the country on Sunday

13/01/2020

Iran

EU tells airlines to avoid Iran airspace after Tehran admits shootdown

Regulators urged airlines to avoid all Iranian airspace after Tehran admitted one of its missiles downed flight PS752 in a "disastrous mistake."

11/01/2020

World News

In pictures: the best images from this week's biggest stories

Dramatic scenes from Australia where the fight against wildfires is far from over, and from France where unions took to the streets over pensions.

10/01/2020

Iran

Iran denies that it brought down Ukrainian plane with a missile

Iranian cabinet spokesman Ali Rabiei said that such allegations “rub salt on a painful wound” for the families of the victims.

09/01/2020

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Ukraine airline workers pay tribute to crew killed in Iran crash

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) staff paid tribute to their colleagues who died when one of the airline's planes crashed in Iran.

09/01/2020

Iran

Ukraine plane did not radio for help before it crashed

Iran has refused to hand over the black box to the plane's manufacturer, Boeing

09/01/2020

Iran

Black boxes found after Iran plane crash kills 176 people

Ukraine has confirmed that the victims come from at least seven nations, however Iranian media say that many were travelling on dual passports.

08/01/2020

Iran

Joyful weekend comes to tragic end in Iranian mountains

A young Turkish bride-to-be has been killed along with several of her closest friends in a plane crash that killed 11 people.

12/03/2018

Iran

They said he was dead, but a traffic jam had actually saved his life

One scheduled passenger had a lucky escape.

20/02/2018

Iran

Iran plane crash: Bad weather hampers rescuers

All 66 people on board the Aseman airliner are feared dead, who were travelling from Tehran to the city of Yasuj.

19/02/2018