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Anti-government protests continue for second day in Tehran
According to multiple reports, hundreds are rallying in the streets of the Iranian capital calling for the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resign after the government acknowledged its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 people on board. Reports and videos from the scene appear to show security forces using tear gas on demonstrators in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
According to multiple reports, hundreds are rallying in the streets of the Iranian capital calling for the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resign after the government acknowledged its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 people on board. Reports and videos from the scene appear to show security forces using tear gas on demonstrators in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
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Protests continue into second day in Tehran after Iran admits it mistakenly shot down plane https://cbsn.ws/2sjM503 pic.twitter.com/tCTC5Z4hz5
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Protests erupted across
#Iran tonight including Tehran. A lot of anger, emotion & chanting. Demonstrators have been met with a heavy hand.#UkrainianPlaneCrash#IranProtestsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Another night of protests in Tehran and other cities - defying a heavy police presence to protest after officials reversed course and admitted shooting down Ukrainian airliner; Videos posted online showed protesters shouting anti-establishment slogans
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#IranProtests2020: Iranian students protesting Sunday, calling on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to step down after#Tehran admitted to accidentally downing Ukrainian plane with 176 people, many of them students. i24NEWS Adi@koplewitz reports:pic.twitter.com/5w5If9ws7lThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Iran's state news agency reporting protests in two Tehran universities over downed Ukrainian flight. Online videos show protesters calling for those responsible to face trial
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“Rouhani shame on you!” Mourners gather in Tehran after a statement from the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff admitted that Flight PS752 was shot down "unintentionally"pic.twitter.com/TOYgqvyPCK
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#BREAKING: Iranian protesters in several areas of Tehran demand supreme leader khamenei quits after tehran admits shooting down Ukrainian planepic.twitter.com/9w52fvZdkDThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#Iran: activists are spreading the call for mass protests against the Iranian regime, calling fir justice for the 176 victims of flight#PS752pic.twitter.com/MMO0dPYy6v
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Another round of
#IranProtests ; in front of Tehran polytechnic university; “Death to the Islamic republic, down with@Khamenei_fa “pic.twitter.com/9XUvLmZfbUThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#Iran: protests have already started at the Amir Kabir University in#Tehran. Students are chanting against#Khamenei and the#IRGCpic.twitter.com/K7pVRI3dW1Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#IranProtests in#Tehran tonight over the downed plane: “Death to this government. So many years of crime!” (Rhymes in Farsi) via@LisaDaftaripic.twitter.com/DUSsVNwIWrShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
After university campuses, I'm getting footage of Iranians in the streets chanting against the regime tonight. They 're saying "Down with the dictator". Iranians are furious with the regime after it recklessly shot down a civilian aircraft that claimed more than 176 lives.pic.twitter.com/iG2cVVBtiG
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Chants of میکشم، میکشم، آن که برادرم کشت - which roughly translates to "I will kill those who killed my brother." Protests in
#Iran following the government admitting it shot down the Ukrainian airliner by mistake. Outside Amir Kabir Universitypic.twitter.com/c6h70Kre9nThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Chants in
#Tehran in the last hour in reaction to admission of guilt by#Iran’s IRGC in the downing of#UkrainePlaneCrash/#IranPlaneCrash : “Resignation is not enough, prosecutions is what is needed” https://twitter.com/gussipp/status/1216004673880104960/video/1 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#BREAKING: Reports: Iranian security forces fire tear gas and chase protesters on the streets of#Tehranhttps://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/1216033828139085824 …
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#Iran: police forces fired tear gas at the protesting crowd in#Tehran. Students are not backing downpic.twitter.com/PFoYYdc516Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Iran, Tehran: Security forces shot tear gas at protesters as they chant against the Supreme Leader, in a crowd that emerged within hours after IRGC announcement to admit shooting down the commercial flight
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Deeply disturbed by videos showing people at Amirkabir University in Tehran being beaten and tear-gassed. Their chants are against the state’s incompetence and cruelty. Iranians have constituonal right to peaceful protest without threat of state violence.pic.twitter.com/fwRvQnViI0
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Tear gas at Amir Kabir University in Tehran. There are other reports of protesters being detained.https://twitter.com/mamlekate/status/1216032820528910337 …
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Journalist Abas Aslani reports on the protests in Iran that broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down Ukrainian Airlines planepic.twitter.com/kciy2B7CGj
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Watch: Iranian protesters chant slogans against the IRGC and the Supreme Leader following the country’s admission to unintentionally downing a Ukrainian airliner and killing 176. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/01/11/Protests-in-Tehran-following-IRGC-admission-of-Ukrainian-plane-atrocity.html …pic.twitter.com/tUddoFCRZu
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Video shows the scale of ongoing protests near the Amir Kabir University in Tehran. Iranian protesters are demanding Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei step down after the IRGC admitted it had shot down a Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 people on board. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/01/11/Protests-in-Tehran-following-IRGC-admission-of-Ukrainian-plane-atrocity.html …pic.twitter.com/BagK4oOw7Q
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Iran blames "human error" as it admits to have shot down the Ukrainian plane "unintentionally," according to
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ aerospace commander, Brig Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, accepted “all the responsibility” for the crash.https://twitter.com/i/events/1215310883938652160 …
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