Iran slams US sanctions on its missile program

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Iran slams new sanctions imposed by the US over its missile program saying they have “no legal or moral legitimacy”.
  • Turkish prosecutors launch a probe against Turkey's main opposition party leader after he called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “tinpot dictator”.
  • Amnesty International warns that female asylum seekers face physical assault and sexual harassment on their journeys through Europe, urging European governments to offer more protection.
  • An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, acquits former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the 2006 murder case of a Baloch separatist leader.
  • The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for an emergency 50-million-dollar aid package to help drought-hit Ethiopians.

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