US President Donald Trump sharply attacked the US Democrats on Twitter – he shared a photo montage that depicts Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as Iran’s accomplices. All information in the news blog.
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The United States killed top Iranian general Ghassem Soleimani in a drone attack. A few days later, Tehran retaliated and rocketed US targets in Iraq. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards also shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane – accidentally, as they assert. Information about the situation here in the news blog.
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10:50 p.m .: Pelosi with hijab – Trump hands out photo-montage against Democrats
Dispute over the conflict with Iran has given US President Donald Trump a sharp attack on opposition Democrats and defended the killing of Iranian general Kassem Soleimani. Trump shared a photo montage on Monday in the short message service Twitter, showing the top democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer with Muslim headgear – and thus portraying them as Iranian henchmen. Pelosi, the head of the House of Representatives, wears a hijab in it, Schumer, the minority leader in the Senate, in a turban.
The corrupted Dems trying their best to come to the Ayatollah’s rescue.#NancyPelosiFakeNews pic.twitter.com/a0ksPHeXCy
– داون آندر (@ D0wn_Under) January 13, 2020
In tweets, Trump accused the Democrats of wanting to turn Iranian General Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack, into a “wonderful guy”. “Everything I do, be it the economy, the military or anything else, is despised by the radical left-wing Democrats.” By killing Soleimani, he did “what should have been done for 20 years.”
At the same time, Trump defended the drone attack. The “Fake News” media and the Democrats wanted to know whether an attack allegedly planned by Soleimani was imminent and whether his team agreed on the issue, the president wrote. “The answer to both is a resounding yes,” Trump said. “But it doesn’t really matter because of its terrible past.” The US government has blamed Soleimani for the deaths of hundreds of US soldiers in Iraq in recent years.
Monday January 13, 10:26 pm: Report: son of opposition leader arrested
In the midst of anti-government protests in Iran, the authorities have arrested the son of a high-ranking opposition figure, according to a media report. According to the Sahamnews website, it is Hossein Karubi. He is the son of Mehdi Karubi, who is one of the leaders of the opposition’s so-called Green Movement and has been under house arrest since 2011. Mehdi Karubi had asked Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resign two days ago.
10:25 p.m .: Iran threatens to expel the British ambassador
After the brief arrest of the British ambassador Rob Macaire in Tehran, the Iranian government threatened to expel him. The Iranian State Department issued a statement calling on the British embassy to “immediately end all interference and provocation”. Otherwise, the Iranian government will not stop ordering the ambassador. Macaire rejected the allegations.
6:08 pm: “Clergymen, run away!” – Demonstrators denounce Iran’s leadership
In Iran, protests critical of the government continued for the third day in a row. Videos distributed on the Internet showed students in the capital Tehran and Isfahan who took to the streets in front of the universities and expressed their displeasure with the country’s leadership. They chanted: “Clergymen, run away!” According to the pictures, there could have been hundreds of demonstrators. You could also see how riot police took positions in the streets.
During the protests over the weekend, participants demanded, among other things, the resignations of those responsible for the launch, as emerged from previous videos. At the same time, they chanted “Death to the dictator”, alluding to the country’s most powerful man, the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Other pictures showed injuries and pools of blood. At the same time, shots were heard. Riot police attacked demonstrators with batons.
4.13pm: Sweden orders Iranian ambassador
After the shooting down of a passenger plane near Tehran, which was granted by Iran, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed the Iranian ambassador to Stockholm. Foreign Minister Ann Linde tweeted that Sweden demands cooperation, haste and transparency as well as that Iran takes responsibility for its relatives. Linde said a team of employees from Sweden will travel to Tehran on Monday to strengthen the Swedish embassy in consular work.
15:56: Meuse: German soldiers remain in Iraq for the time being
According to Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, the Bundeswehr is currently not planning any further withdrawals of soldiers deployed in Iraq in the anti-IS fight. “The German soldiers who are currently in Erbil, Jordan and Kuwait will remain there,” said Maas during a visit to the Jordanian capital Amman.
The Iraqi government is waiting to see whether foreign troops should remain in the country. “I could well imagine that this will take some time,” added the Foreign Minister. Maas left no doubt that he would consider a deduction wrong.
3:25 p.m .: Five states advise legal steps against Iran
Five states want to discuss possible legal steps against Iran over the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane. Representatives of these countries wanted to meet in London on Thursday, said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko. At the meeting, compensation for damages and the investigation of events should also be discussed.
11.30 a.m .: Iran rejects allegations of cover-up after its late commitment to plane shooting
The leadership in Tehran has rejected allegations that it tried to cover up the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane almost a week ago. “There was a lot of criticism of those responsible and authorities in our country during these sad days,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday on state television. “Some of those responsible were even accused of lying and covering up – but, in all honesty, that was not the case,” he added.
The Ukrainian passenger plane crashed last Wednesday shortly after taking off at Tehran Airport. After days of denials, Iran finally admitted that it accidentally shot down the machine. As a result, there were international and Iranian allegations that Tehran had tried to cover up the incident.
11:06: Trudeau promises survivors of the Boeing shootout in Iran justice
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised “justice” to the survivors of the Boeing shootout in Iran. “This tragedy struck our Iranian-Canadian community, but it was truly a Canadian tragedy,” said Trudeau at a mourning ceremony at Edmonton University in the west of the country. When the Iranian Revolutionary Guards shot down the passenger plane, all 176 inmates were killed on Wednesday, including 57 Canadians.
“We will not rest until there are answers,” said Trudeau. “We will not rest until there is justice and responsibility is taken.”
A mourning ceremony also took place at the University of Toronto, in which several thousand people took part. A large community of Iranian origin lives in Canada, with 210,000 people attributed to it in 2016. Canada participates in the clarification work on the aircraft launch in Iran with a team of ten experts.
8.58 a.m .: Iranian police contradict evidence of shots at demonstrators
The Iranian police have rejected evidence that it was in on anti-government protesters Tehran shot. “The police did not fire at the protests because the capital police had been ordered to restrain,” said police chief Hossein Rahimi’s statement released on the state television website on Monday.
In videos that have been distributed on the Internet, shots can be heard in the immediate vicinity of rallies. Pools of blood are also shown. There are also armed men who appear to be members of the security forces. In some videos, emergency services strike demonstrators with batons. People shout, “Don’t hit them.” Reuters was initially unable to verify the authenticity of the videos.
After the Iranian government admitted to the accidental shooting down of a passenger plane by the military on Saturday, protests broke out across the country. Among other things, the demonstrators are demanding the resignations of those responsible. At the weekend, demonstrators called “Death to the dictator” alluding to the country’s most powerful man, the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
8.27 a.m .: Head of the Munich Security Conference demands restraint
Against the background of the current tensions in the Gulf region, the head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, called for reluctance. Also with a view to the current anti-government protests in Iran, “a sense of proportion” is necessary, said Ischinger on Monday in the ZDF “morning magazine”. It is important that the people of Iran feel that the world is watching. At the same time, too much support for the demonstrators could escalate the conflict, warned the diplomat.
Ischinger also called for the EU to consistently adhere to the international agreement that was concluded with Tehran in 2015 nuclear deal, “I would think it would be wrong if we Europeans had any doubts about the nuclear deal,” said the head of the Munich Security Conference. It is crucial that the EU acts in a closed foreign policy.
He would also think it would be wrong if the US or even Europeans propose a regime change in Tehran, Ischinger emphasized. Nobody could know who would come if the mullahs gave up their power – not even US President Donald Trump.
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