Iran wants 'national unity' after 'unintentionally' downing Ukrainian jetliner

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for 'national unity' on January 15 after its military 'unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner due to 'human error'. Rouhani reportedly also flagged need for changes in way Iran is run in wake of demonstrations that are being held in country for consecutively four days in Tehran after Boeing 737 was downed in a catastrophic error which killed 176 people, mostly Canians and Iranians on January 8. 

In dendum to that, Rouhani also said that Iranians want 'diversity' and urged electoral authorities to refrain from disqualifying potential candidates for general election of February 21. It was reportedly after cabinet meeting when Iranian President me a statement saying, ' people are our masters, and we are its servants'. 

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se remarks were also aired on national television when Rouhani said that armed forces should 'apologise' and n explain what happened in air disaster which occurred on same day Iran fired multiple missiles on Iraqi military bases housing US troops. se missile attacks from Tehran were launched in retaliation of US strike in Baghd which killed Iran's top military commander Qassem Soleimani along with ors. 

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Man who posted video arrested

Iran on January 14 has reportedly stated that it h arrested person who posted a video online showing missile attacking Boeing jetliner last week. According to an international media report, person, who was taken into custody by elite Revolutionary Guards, will be facing charges related to national security. Iranian judiciary also anunced that y have also me arrest of several people over incident. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a televised speech furr said that everyone responsible for downing of Ukrainian passenger plane must be punished. He furr ded that for people of Iran it is very important that whoever responsible for negligence at any level must be punished. After initially denying its involvement in crash, Iran on January 11 mitted that it accidentally shot down jetliner because of a human error. 

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(With ncy inputs)