Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The theocratic regime in Iran is struggling to maintain its funding of proxy wars and terrorist groups throughout the Middle East against a background of … The World Ahead. Iran condemns the wave of organized violence against Indian Muslims. Blame Iran for Iran's Problems. The bad blood between the two countries is only made worse when the US backs Iraq in its invasion of neighboring Iran, prompting an eight year regional war. On 05 January 2020 the Iraqi parliament called on the government to end all foreign troop presence in Iraq and to cancel its request for assistance from the US-led coalition which had been working with Baghdad to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Two officials said Washington believed the downing of the plane was accidental. On 11 December 2019 two Katyusha rockets landed near the "outside perimeter" of Baghdad International Airport. document.cookie = "__adblocker=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT; path=/"; There is a lot of anger. On 16 January 2020 Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed reports that 11 US servicemen were injured as a result of the attack that took place on 8 January. Iran said it expects to secure its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines “soon” after making progress in overcoming hurdles that have been hindering purchases. Share this: Firemen search for survivors at the scene of an explosion at the Sina At'har health center north of Tehran on June 30, 2020. The Pentagon said on 24 January 2020 that 34 United States service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile attacks by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier in the month. On January 3, 2020 Iran's top military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a US drone strike in Iraq. Iran denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft. Reuters reported 04 January 2020 that Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shia militia allies in mid-October 2019. Donald Trump issued a grave threat to Iran on 04 January 2020 over the Islamic Republic's vow to retaliate for the assassination of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Most of the protesters, members of the paramilitary group Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces, or PMF), were clad in military fatigues. Even if contained, according to a Financial Times analyst, the conflict between the US and Iran is likely to "scatter more sparks across a region deeply scarred by war and turmoil," besides exposing the international oil market to new vulnerabilities as the oil prices have already jumped 3 per cent a barrel soon after the news of Soleimani’s assassination was made public. He also raised the prospect of attacks on ships in the Gulf. Senior Guards commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh said in a press conference his unit accepted "full responsibility" for the incident. Le président américain, qui a échoué à signer son accord avec Téhéran, fait tout pour l'affaiblir avant l'arrivée de Joe Biden. Those wounded in the assault belonged to Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service. As the commander of the commando branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), he was directly involved in coordinating the activities of various militia groups in Iraq and Syria. Germany's foreign minister said threatening Iraq with sanctions is "not very helpful" after US President Donald Trump warned that Baghdad could be hit by sanctions "like they've never seen before" if US forces were forced to leave. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps airspace unit, said he had informed Iran's authorities about the unintentional strike, a comment that raised questions about why officials had publicly denied it for so long. There was a huge gap between the news released by the Iranian official media and the US military. ", the crowd hurled rocks and water bottles and vandalised security cameras outside the embassy grounds. The Iraqi caretaker prime minister said Washington has violated the terms, under which Baghdad allows the US to station its troops on its soil. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley made clear he believed Iran meant to kill US troops “based on what I saw & what I know.” He said Iranians intended to cause structural damage “and to kill personnel.” Troops stationed at an Iraqi air base knew beforehand that the facility will be attacked by Iran, which helped them to safely take shelter, unnamed sources were cited by CNN. July. A demonstrator urges action against climate change in Madrid on December 6, 2019 during the COP25 summit. script.setAttribute("async", true); He also warned that Washington had “indications” of additional Iranian provocations, effectively confirming that the escalation was only the beginning of a drawn-out US-Middle East inflamed crisis. According to information gathered by Iraqis from the al-Assad base, more than 100 Americans have been killed and more than 300 injured. Iran calls the ban “an obvious insult to the Islamic world” and responds by conducting a ballistic missile test. Under Reagan’s administration, the US declares the Islamic Republic a “state sponsor of terrorism.” Decades later, this designation by the US still stands. #ga-ad {display: none;} Secretary of Defense Mark Esper warned 02 January 2020 that the United States might take preemptive action if it received warning that Iran or its proxy forces were planning further strikes on U.S. interests in the Middle East. Donald Trump and the US military had said there were no casualties after the attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq and a facility in its northern Kurdish region. Overnight, a rapid response team of Marines flew in to reinforce the embassy. Soleimani instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, to step up attacks on US targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran. The tensions between the US and Iran dates all the way back to the seventies The Iranian general was blown up along with 11 other people, including a senior commander of an Iraqi militia backed by Tehran, when their motorcade was hit by US guided missiles just outside Baghdad International Airport. "No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime," Trump told the country in a live address on Jan. 8. The fact that the strike took place as the cars left the airport suggests that the drones were already in a ‘holding pattern’ in the skies, waiting for the moment to strike. } President Trump announces that the US will formally designate the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran’s most powerful military institution, as a foreign terrorist organization. Though the US says the attack is an accident, Iranians see it as intentional. Specifically, these are the Ali al-Salem airbase in Kuwait, al Udeid airbase in Qatar, or the Al Dafra airbase in the UAE. According to Iranian media speculation, the attack may have used the latest Conqueror-313 ballistic missile. He also said Iraq would have to pay for the cost of an airbase the US has helped develop in the country. There have been many untruths spoken about the American role in Iran since the rise of the revolutionary Islamist government in 1979. 25 June - The first of the 2020 Iran explosions occurs; 26 June - An explosion occurred at a Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group facility outside of Tehran, which houses the Khojir missile facility. Tensions between the US and Iran hit a boiling point this month, but they’ve been simmering for decades. "Of these 50, 31 total service members were treated in Iraq and returned to duty, including 15 of the additional service members who have been diagnosed since the previous report. Was killing Soleimani a good idea? Trump had already threatened bombing of 52 unspecified targets in Iran if Tehran attacks US troops and interests in the region. The human rights expert said that such an attack may have been justified to protect against "an imminent threat to life" or in self-defense, but this "test is unlikely to be met in these particular cases." Afterward they should not seek a new cycle.... [Trump] doesn't know international law. Parmi ceux-ci, trois cas concernaient des garçons de moins de 15 ans. "Requests were made but due to some considerations it was not done and at the same time with the flights, the war situation continued to exist." We express our sincere condolences to the Iranian people. CNN’s Luke McGee, Angela Dewan, Nicole Gaouette, Darran Simon, Barbara Starr, Kevin Bohn, Ross Levitt, Nadeem Muaddi, Henrik Pettersson, Clint Alwahab and Cody McCloy contributed to this report. The servicemen were treated for concussion symptoms - 8 have been transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and three more to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. "As of today, 50 US service members have been diagnosed with TBI," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell said 27 January 2020. “US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land,” the State Department advised. Faut-il craindre une WWIII ? There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. 2 July - The Natanz incident occurred, wherein the centrifuge assembly center at the Natanz nuclear site was destroyed. Of the 16 newly identified cases, only one service member had been removed from Iraq. Que se passe-t-il entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran ? }, Page last modified: "What is obvious for us, and what we can say with certainty, is that no missile hit the plane," Abedzadeh told reporters in Tehran. "true" : "false") + "; expires=" + d.toUTCString() + "; path=/"; Print. Points of contention have included control over Iran’s oil reserves, US political interference in Tehran, Iran’s desire for nuclear power and both countries’ growing influence in the Middle East. We urge Indian authorities to ensure the wellbeing of ALL Indians & not let senseless thuggery prevail. That’s not a question,” said Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Publié le 05 janvier 2020 à 22h39 Iran-USA : la dangereuse escalade se poursuit. More recently in 2012, a Libyan armed group stormed a US compound amid political vacuum and chaos resulted in two US personnel being killed, including the US ambassador to Libya. The IMF is forecasting zero growth in 2020, which would support Mr Rouhani's assertion in October that Iran has ridden out "the storm" caused by the sanctions. "This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against US personnel and facilities, such as we witnessed in Baghdad today," US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a statement. Angered crowds marched unimpeded through the checkpoints of the usually high-security Green Zone to the embassy gates, where they broke through a reception area, chanting "Death to America" and spraying pro-Iran graffiti on the walls. After the strike, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that Iran "concluded proportionate measures" for self-defense, targeting the bases from where the "cowardly attack" against Iranian officials was launched. Qasem Soleimani, who has joined the elite Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps by this time, fights on the frontlines of this war. He warned the US would "hold Iran for responsible" for the rapidly unfolding events in the Iraqi capital. During the crisis, the US cuts all diplomatic ties with Iran. Pinterest. In 2019, Iran's GDP per capita was just under $6,000. script.setAttribute("src", "//www.npttech.com/advertising.js"); 9 058 cas concernaient des filles âgées de 10 à 14 ans. Iran is furious and vows retaliation, ultimately firing missiles at Iraqi bases that house American troops a few days later. He doesn't recognize U.N. resolutions either. "The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them from using its land, airspace or water for any reason." Iraq Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the move fell short of an appropriate response to recent development in Iraq and called on foreign armed groups to unite. var script = document.createElement("script"); Mais les médias d’État et les économistes iraniens identifient la mauvaise gestion comme le véritable problème de l’économie. Addressing the U.S. conflict with Iran on Wednesday, Mr. Trump called on Europeans to abandon the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, as he did in May 2018. Somali Al-Shabaab belonging to the militants issued a statement on the 6th stating that it killed 17 U.S. soldiers and 9 Kenyan soldiers (a total of 26 people), destroyed 7 military aircraft and 3 in a 10-hour fierce battle. 0. Digg . "Commander-in-chief [Khamenei] resign, resign," videos posted on Twitter showed hundreds of people chanting in front of Tehran's Amir Kabir University. I … 2020 Biden va régler les problèmes de l’Amérique Et en trois ans et demi, Donald Trump a beaucoup joué au golf disent les médias, et il n’a presque rien fait. The Shah dies in July 1980 in Cairo. L’économie iranienne s’effondre. confrontation and the closest to the brink of war between the two nations in decades. For a few days in January 2020, Iran and the U.S. were brought to the brink of war before cautiously edging back. 18 service members have been transported to Germany for further evaluation and treatment," Campbell added. Shouting "Down, Down USA! In the early morning of the 8th local time, multiple U.S. military bases in Iraq were attacked. There had been a series of rocket attacks on military installations in Iraq over the past week. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have.....", Trump then threatened to target 52 Iranian sites, a reference to the 52 Americans that were taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979. It looked as though it was designed to cause as little damage as possible. Iranian propaganda portrayed these attacks as a 'crushing victory' of what they are calling a 'hard revenge' campaign for the martyrdom of Soleimani. military vehicle. Iran responds by declaring the US a “state sponsor of terrorism.”. Trump’s decision to respond diplomatically to Iran’s missile attack and not militarily signals that tensions may cool off -- at least for now. 27 juin 2020 9h12 Partager Iran: les problèmes économiques empireront si le virus se propage. Around 5,000 US troops remained in Iraq, most of them in an advisory capacity. It is almost a de-escalatory response. Iran vows "severe revenge" for his death and pulls back from the 2015 nuclear accord. "We had requested several times that the country's airspace become clear of all flights," he said. Facebook. The leadership and commander of the IRGC and Quds Force call for the attacks to continue until the Americans are completely expelled. A military statement said the plane flew close to a sensitive Revolutionary Guards site at a time of high alert. By Harmeet Kaur, Allen Kim and Ivory Sherman, CNN. Mix. Since the early 1900s, the British government has retained control over Iran’s oil reserves through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. "We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that's there," he said. Formal diplomatic relations have never been restored. He had moved to nationalize the country’s oil fields -- a move the US and Great Britain saw as a serious blow, given their dependence on oil from the Middle East. Experts differ wildly on the wisdom of killing the powerful Iranian … After toppling Mossadegh, the US supports Iran’s monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to rule as Shah of Iran. Iran launched missile attacks on Ain Assad air base, which is located in western Iraq and was used by American forces after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. The only thing that can end this period of war is for the Americans to receive a blow that is equal to the blow they have inflicted. US Army African Command and the Pentagon announced on the same day that the attack killed one US soldier and two US contractors and injured two US Department of Defense personnel. By Brandon Weichert. Les mariages d’enfants enregistrés au cours de l’été 2020 s’élèvent à 9 061 cas. AFP. Most Iranians are more concerned with stagnant living standards rather than foreign policy. All 176 people on board are killed. by David Wurmser July 9, 2020. CSDHI – Le Centre statistique d’Iran a publié des nouvelles informations, le 31 janvier 2021. Any illusions about the possibility of an even partially rational cooperation on foreign policy with the government in Washington had long been shattered. Iran blames US sanctions for vaccine payment problems November 13, 2020 at 9:01 pm | Published in: Asia & Americas , Coronavirus , Iran , Middle East , News , US — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020....hundreds of Iranian protesters. Sadr listed a number of demands including the immediate cancellation of the security agreement with the US, the closure of the US embassy, the expulsion of US troops in a "humiliating manner", and criminalising communication with the US government. The most noteworthy thing about the missile attack is how restrained it was. After Qassem Soleimani, Iran's Quds Force top commander, was killed at the beginning of 2020, Iran set aside restraints of the JCPOA and restored its nuclear research programs. According to Iran's state-run Fars news agency, the Revolutionary Guard Corps said the strikes killed at least 80 US army personnel, and resulted in the "destruction of a considerable number of drones and helicopters." "Soleimani served the cause of protecting Iran's national interests with devotion. The Iraqi military said total of 22 ballistic missiles targeted coalition force locations in Iraq. July 1, 2020 at 15:41 Thank you, Scott. Iran is facing serious problems at home. Kataib Hezbollah, the group associated with the Hashd that was targeted in the US raids, initially said it would stay at the embassy. Basically, he is a veritable gangster and a gambler. After the 9/11 attacks, Iran quietly helps the US in its war against the Taliban, a mutual enemy of both countries. January 19, 2020 The move is unprecedented, marking the first time that the US designated a part of another government as a terror group. The USA wants no more threats!”, Critics said that would qualify as a war crime under international law. Trump said if Iraq asked US forces to leave and it was not done on a friendly basis, "we will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever. A group of Iranian protesters demanded Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei step down after Tehran said its military mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 people on board. Faltering capital spending will hit the non-oil private sector, while the oil economy will suffer from falling demand. Trump bluntly warned Iran 05 January 2020 against taking vengeance, repeating his insistence that US bombing targets could include Iran's cultural heritage sites. — … The fact that there were no casualties in a missile strike was described as a "miracle" by the sources which claimed that the projectiles were landing just a few metres from the bunkers. script.setAttribute("onerror", "setNptTechAdblockerCookie(true);"); But the group's spokesman Mohammad Mohyeddin later backed down, saying they were abiding by the Hashd's order to leave the embassy and gather outside the Green Zone out of "respect" for the state. In January, President Donald Trump ordered a drone attack to assassinate Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. Aysegul Ciftci ,Ismet Bosna,Salih Gültekin ,Onur Tug Trump's Iran Policy Isn't the Problem; Barack Obama's Was . Since the U.S. military and the Somali government forces began a joint fight against "Al-Shabaab" extremist organizations, this is the first time the latter has attacked U.S. military targets outside its own country. Our priority must be to avoid another costly war." Trump wrote: “targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. 'The problem is not with the president': Sen. Mike Lee says his issue was with Iran intel briefing, not Trump At least 25 people are killed, an Iran-backed militia says. While the US is backing Iraq in its war with Iran, President Reagan’s administration covertly begins looking into ways to improve its relationship with Iran. “We’ve made clear for months to the Iranian regime that that wouldn’t be the case, that we were going to hold responsible the actors, the leaders who took these actions and who orchestrated these actions.”, General Hossein Dehghan, a top military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ayatollah Khamenei, said that the U.S. "has started the war," attacking President Donald Trump as "a veritable gangster and a gambler." But then the US and Canada, citing intelligence, said they believed Iran shot down the aircraft. The attacked "Simba" base is located in the Lamu region of Kenya bordering Somalia. Trump appeared to play down the injuries, saying he "heard that they had headaches and a couple of other things".
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