DUBAI, Jan 16 — Iranians buried their dead from an airliner shot down by the military as authorities yesterday identified more of the 176 victims of last week's crash, which led to days of rage against Iran's rulers followed by a police crackdown. Emotions have been running high as the victims of...
Thursday, 16 Jan 2020 07:01 AM MYT
Protesters took to the streets of Iranian cities for four days after the armed forces finally acknowledged on Saturday, after days of denials, that they had brought down the plane. In several places, demonstrators met a fierce police response. Police denied opening fire and said officers were told to act with restraint. Just two months ago, a crackdown on protests caused by fuel price hikes killed hundreds of people.
Crash investigators from Canada have visited the site of the crash and will examine the wreckage later yesterday, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said.
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