Protesters piled pressure on Iran's leadership with demands for top authorities to quit after the Iranian military admitted it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner amid heightened tensions with the U.S.
DUBAI - Protesters piled pressure on Iran’s leadership on Sunday with demands for top authorities to quit after the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when it had feared U.S. strikes.
Riot police fired teargas at thousands of protesters in the capital on Saturday, where many had chanted “Death to the dictator”, directing their anger at the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Guards’ top commander, Hossein Salami, said “we are more upset than anyone over the incident”, state media reported.But others said Iran’s enemies, a term usually used to refer to Washington and its allies, were exploiting the incident.
Britain said its ambassador in Iran had been briefly detained on Saturday, which Iranian media said was because he was inciting protests. Some lawmakers said the envoy should leave Iran before being ejected, media reported.
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