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January 13, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iranian-newspapers-pay-tribute-crash-victims-anger-grows-200112085036998.html

Anger Grows in Iran after Ukrainian Passenger Plane Shot Down

(Al Jazeera) Public anger at Iran's leadership is growing after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) acknowledged it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on Jan. 3. A top IRGC commander said on Saturday he had told the authorities a missile hit the plane the day it crashed, while Iranian officials had covered up the action for three days.

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