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Iran: "plane shot down by one of our missiles" and students protest in the square

Leaders' resignation requested. Protesters: "death to liars" - VIDEO

Iran has admitted: the Ukraine International Airlines B-737 plane crashed near Tehran (see AVIONEWS) was hit by a missile for a soldier's error. "After strongly rejecting the allegations of Canada that it claimed to have evidence of the shooting down of the aircraft (see AVIONEWS), the Islamic Republic says that the aircraft was mistaken for a US cruise and the military "had only 10 seconds to decide"....

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Tehran, Iran, 01/13/2020 09:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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