Reuters: Angry Iranians question authorities for concealing truth on plane incident
Iran's statement on Saturday that a Ukrainian passenger plane was downed by a missile fired unintentionally followed growing pressure from abroad but also at home, and for some Iranians, the authorities' expressions of condolence were not enough.
For days, Iran had denied Western accusations it was responsible for Wednesday's crash soon after take-off from Tehran, in which all 176 people aboard were killed. Authorities said on Saturday that air defences had been fired in error while on high alert following Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq.
Expressions of condolence over the incident from Supreme Leader and President Hassan Rouhani failed to calm angry Iranians, who used social media to express their outrage against the establishment for concealing the truth.
"It is a national tragedy. The way it was handled and it was announced by the authorities was even more tragic," said Ali Ansari, a moderate cleric, according to Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency.
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Update #1: Iranian protesters demand Khamenei quit over plane downing (Jerusalem Post)
Update #2: 'Death to liars!' Iranian protesters in Tehran turn against regime and demand the Ayatollah RESIGN after country's military admits it shot down passenger plane full of its own citizens (Daily Mail)
WNU Editor: There are many reasons why Iranians are angry at their government. And in the whole scheme of things this is probably one of the lesser reasons why they are fuming.
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They took responsibility for it two days after it happened and apologized. The US still hasn't apologized for shooting down Iran Air 655 after more than 30 years!
This is not to say that there won't be shouldn't be political repercussions in Iran. I'm sure there will be but that's up to Iranians to decide.
Well Carl, not sure about the apology but we did compensate the victim's families to the tune of $62 million. And Iran sent a death squad to San Diego to blow up the Vincennes Captain. Almost got his wife.
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CHUDS. Wait for it... wait for it... regime change occurring any minute now. Can you feel it?
CHUDS.
Always count on this guy.
All governments lie you fools if you believe
GOD HAS ALREADY SPOKEN
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