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RFL/RE – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his country expects a full probe, a full admission of guilt, and compensation from Iran after Tehran admitted, after days of denial, it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 aboard. Zelenskiy said “Iran has pleaded guilty to downing the Ukrainian plane. But we insist on a full admission of guilt.” …

RFL/RE – The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted, but failed to kill, a senior Iranian military commander last week, unidentified U.S. officials say. The Washington Post, Reuters, and AP quoted the officials as saying on January 10 that an air strike targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, a senior officer in the elite Quds Force of …

VOA – The U.S. placed more sanctions on Iran Friday in response to its missile attack on U.S. military troops in Iraq last week, and it threatened further action to weaken Iran’s economy if Tehran continues to carry out what it considers terrorist actions. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said at a White House news conference the new sanctions target Iran’s …

Radiofarda – The daughter of Qassem Soleimani, the IRGC Commander who was killed during a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad on January 3, says “Thousands and thousands of Soleimanis are ready to march on the White House.” She made the statement in an address before the start of Friday Prayers in Kerman, her father’s hometown on January 10. Soleimani was …

Radiofarda — A court in Kosovo has ordered a woman accused of inciting terrorism on social media be remanded in custody for one month after she praised a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. air strike. Ikballe Huduti-Berisha (in green head scarf) stands next to former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinehad in an undated photo. The Basic Court in Pristina …