Top Stories: Iran Denies Negotiations with US, Claims Trump Only Wants to "Calm" US Markets, Up to One-Way Return Traffic Implemented
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Several top stories on Wednesday to follow: Iran denies negotiations, states Trump only wants to “calm” the US markets up to the implementation of one-way national return traffic engineering. Here are those stories:
- Iran Denies Negotiations, Says Trump Only Wants to “Calm” US Markets
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has denied that his side is negotiating with the United States and described the reports as “fake news” to manipulate oil and financial markets.
Ghalibaf added that the Iranian people demand “full and regret-inducing” punishment for the aggressors, while all officials stand firmly in support of the country’s leader and people until the war’s objectives are achieved.
- Iran: Strait of Hormuz Open for Transit, Except for US-Israel Ships
Iran has taken steps to ensure that transit ships not affiliated with the United States (US) or Israel can pass through the Strait of Hormuz, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday (23/3).
- Hercules Plane Crashes in Colombia, 66 Soldiers and Police Killed
The death toll from the military transport aircraft C-130 accident in Putumayo, Colombia, has reached 66 people, 58 of whom are from the National Army, six from the Colombian Air Force, and two from the National Police.
- Woman Who Tried to End Her Life Near Palace Still Under Treatment
Jakarta Central Metro Police Chief Commissioner Pol Reynold E.P. Hutagalung said the woman who attempted to end her life near the Presidential Palace is still being treated in hospital.
On Sunday (22/3), a woman with initials JS was suspected of intending to end her life, but a police officer managed to thwart the victim’s action, after which the victim was taken to the Jakarta Central Metro Police Station for examination.
- National One-Way Traffic Engineering for Return Flow Implemented
PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk supports the implementation of national one-way traffic engineering for the Lebaran return flow, enacted at the discretion of the Indonesian National Police today, Tuesday, starting at 14:25 WIB from KM 414 Kalikangkung Toll Gate on the Batang-Semarang Toll Road to KM 70 on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.