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Iran threatens European troops for 1st time as it admits it "lied" about jet
CBS "News" ^ | January 15, 2020 | by Associated Press

Posted on 01/15/2020 9:54:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Tehran, Iran — Iran's president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast "could be in danger" after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of its nuclear deal. Tehran's top diplomat meanwhile acknowledged that Iranians "were lied to" for days following the Islamic Republic's accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people.

President Hassan Rouhani's remarks in a televised Cabinet meeting represent the first direct threat he's made to Europe as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's admission that the Islamic Republic lied to its own people, meanwhile, came at a summit in New Delhi on Wednesday. It was the first time an Iranian official referred to earlier claims from Tehran that a technical malfunction downed the Ukraine International Airlines flight as a lie. The shootdown — and subsequent days of denials that a missile had downed it — sparked days of angry protests in the country.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; cbs; dhimmitude; eussr; fourthreich; france; germany; hassanrouhani; india; iran; iraq; mohammadjavadzarif; mullahloversonfr; newdelhi; putinsbuttboys; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; rop; russia; seebs; ukraine; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 01/15/2020 9:54:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

2 posted on 01/15/2020 9:56:32 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A face only Howdy Doody could love.


3 posted on 01/15/2020 9:59:04 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hear now that the 2nd video (though you could tell from the 1st that 2 missiles were fired, at least I could) has been releases the iranian mullahs are now saying against the US took down that airliner.


4 posted on 01/15/2020 10:28:22 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is Iran hoping the Euroweenies will turn the Sudetenland over to them?


5 posted on 01/15/2020 10:51:24 AM PST by Redmen4ever (u)
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To: Redmen4ever

Yes, with justification. Appeasement is built into the bones of the European elite.

Sudetenland, or whatever...A land far away, of which we know nothing...Peace in our time.


6 posted on 01/15/2020 11:27:22 AM PST by RAldrich
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Was it a German or French company that sold Iran the centrifuges to enrich Uranium?


7 posted on 01/15/2020 11:31:21 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The troops will be a lot safer if they don’t try flying commercial out of Tehran.


8 posted on 01/15/2020 11:34:56 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So EU elites are banking the child molesting cult members controlling the Persian people through tyranny ? My, how Euro of them.


9 posted on 01/15/2020 11:40:55 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Harpotoo; All

Was the shooting down of a plane leaving Tehran the capital of Iran filled with people leaving it, ordered ? It would appear many Iranians feel that it was, and no accident.
According to the Koran Moslem clergy have and do authorize followers to execute anyone in their unholy war against those who believe in free will and refuse to become moslem or violates its precepts which includes those fleeing areas they control .


10 posted on 01/15/2020 11:58:00 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The headlines on the different versions of these stories would make you think Iran is doing something “tonight!”

If you actually read what he said, it sounds like your everyday, normal, screed for a Friday afternoon. It actually sounded tame compared to a month ago. Tame for them....


11 posted on 01/15/2020 12:06:39 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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"Was the shooting down of a plane leaving Tehran the capital of Iran filled with people leaving it, ordered ? "

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It is clear from multiple videos that the airliner was hit by two missiles. When they weren't sure that the first had taken it down, they fired a second missile -- 30 seconds later -- to make sure they finished the job.

At least one of the videos had sound, including startled dogs barking at the flash of the explosion -- plus the sharp crack and rumble of the high-VOD detonation -- that set off nearby car alarms (~10 seconds after the flash).

How much more deliberate could they be?

TXnMA
  

12 posted on 01/15/2020 4:37:29 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's alias | "Islam": Allah's useful idiots | Brennan & 0b0z0: Islam's useful idiots)
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Meanwhile, Germany is still sucking up the mullahs...

Deutschland weist Vorwürfe des Iran wegen Handelsplattform Instex zurück

Germany remains committed to INSTEX.

13 posted on 01/16/2020 3:54:00 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Iran's president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast "could be in danger" after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of its nuclear deal.
Yeah, and President Trump can't do a damned thing about it. /snicker

14 posted on 01/16/2020 8:04:50 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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