Flere hundre personer i Irans hovedstad Teheran demonstrerte lørdag mot regimet etter at det innrømmet å ha skutt ned et ukrainsk passasjerfly.
Folk samlet seg foran Amri Kabir University i Teheran for å minnes ofrene i flyulykken og demonstrere mot de ansvarlige myndighetene, etter at en iransk rakket skjøt ned et fly fra Ukraina på vei mot Canada. Flere av ofrene var tidligere studenter.Ebrahim Noroozi
Ifølge det iranske nyhetsbyrået Fars deltok mellom 700 og 1.000 personer i demonstrasjonen.
Demonstrantene ropte slagord mot myndighetene. Enkelte rev også i stykker bilder av Qasem Soleimani, den iranske generalen som ble drept i et amerikansk droneangrep 3. januar. Ifølge Fars ropte demostrantene at landets øverste leder Ayatollah Ali Khamenei måtte gå av.
Iranians light candles for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 during a gathering in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020. - Iran said it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile. President Hassan Rouhani said a military probe into the tragedy had found "missiles fired due to human error" brought down the Boeing 737, calling it an "unforgivable mistake". (Photo by - / AFP)AFP
Flere tok også til gatene i Teheran for å minnes ofrene som ble drept av en iransk rakett. Foto: AFP
Nyhetsbyrået Reuters skriver at det er uvanlig for det iranske nyhetsbyået å publisere informasjon om regjeringskritiske demonastrasjoner, fordi de er ansett for å være svært lojale mot Irans mektige revolusjonsgarde, skriver The Guardian.
Lørdag ettermiddag var det også demonstrasjoner i flere byer mot å starte krig mot Iran. I London skal flere hundre skal ha møtt opp, og blant dem var Labour-lederen Jeremy Corbyn, skriver avisen.
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn carries a banner as he attends a protest to oppose the threat of war with Iran, in London, Britain January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Henry NichollsHENRY NICHOLLS/Reuters
Labour-lederen Jeremy Corbyn deltok i demonstrasjonen i London, og holdt også en appell. Foto: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
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Se flere bilder fra demonstrasjonen i Iran her:
Iranians students demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020. - Iranian police dispersed students chanting "radical" slogans during a gathering in Tehran to honour the 176 people killed when an airliner was mistakenly shot down, Fars news agency reported. AFP correspondents said hundreds of students had gathered early in the evening at Amir Kabir University, in downtown Tehran, to pay respects to those killed in the air disaster. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP)ATTA KENARE/AFP
Foto: AFP /Atta Kenare
Iranians students chant slogans as they demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020. - Iranian police dispersed students chanting "radical" slogans during a gathering in Tehran to honour the 176 people killed when an airliner was mistakenly shot down, Fars news agency reported. AFP correspondents said hundreds of students had gathered early in the evening at Amir Kabir University, in downtown Tehran, to pay respects to those killed in the air disaster. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)ATTA KENARE/AFP
