Rouhani: Everyone responsible for Ukrainian plane crash must be punished

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said that everyone responsible for downing of Ukrainian passenger plane must be punished. Rouhani in a televised speech said 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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'Iran must punish all those responsible'

Iranian judiciary on Tuesday anunced that y have alrey me arrests regarding accidental shooting of a Ukranian commercial plane that resulted in deaths of all 176 souls on board. A spokesperson of Iranian Judiciary, Gholamhossein Esmaili told local media that intensive investigations into plane crash h taken place and that 'some individuals' h alrey been arrested.   anuncement comes amid continuing protests in Iran over downing of plane. 

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Protesters, mostly students took to streets on Saturday deuncing cleric rule in Iran and shouted slogans like "clerics get lost" and "Death to dictator", directing ir anger directly at Iran's Supreme Leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian public anger was growing over days as Iran repeatedly denied any role in Ukrainian passenger plane crash. anger turned into protests when Tehran accepted its military's role in crash. 

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downing of plane came days after United States killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike near Iraq's Baghd airport. Iran responded by firing dozens of missiles on Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition forces. After missile attacks, Iraq issued a statement where it said that country was subjected to bombardment by 22 missiles, of which 17 fell on Ain al-As airbase, hosting US troops, while five on city of Erbil that all fell on coalition hequarters. attacks took place between 1:45 am and 2:45 am on January 8, 2020.

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