The contradictory messages from the president, who is elected, and the Guards, who answer to Iran’s clerical leaders, reflect the competing power centers in the Iranian government. The ambassador, Rob Macaire, was briefly detained Saturday after being picked up at an antigovernment demonstration at a Tehran university. Britain denounced the arrest as “a flagrant violation of international law” and summoned the Iranian ambassador to London on Monday to convey its objections. Ismaili said the flight data recorders recovered from the Ukrainian plane would be sent to France for analysis. After three days of denying any role in the crash, Iran’s military admitted that the plane had been hit by at least one of its missiles.

Source: bd News24 January 15, 2020 04:41 UTC