Iran announced Tuesday its first arrests over the accidental
shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet, as
protesters vented their anger over the catastrophic blunder for a fourth consecutive day.
Nearly two weeks after the US killed a top Iranian commander in
Iraq, tensions with the West increased further as EU countries on Tuesday launched an arbitration process charging Tehran with failing to observe commitments in the 2015
nuclear deal, prompting
Iran to warn of unspecified "consequences".
The
Ukraine International Airlines plane was brought down by a
missile shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.