Fresh Protests As Iranian President Calls Flight Downing An 'Unforgivable Error'
- By VOA,
- RFE/RL's Radio Farda and
- Neil Bowdler
There have been fresh protests in Tehran more than three days after the Iranian authorities admitted they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner on January 8, killing 176 people. Meanwhile, in a televised speech, Iranian President Hassan Rohani called for a special court to be set up to investigate the tragedy and promised that those responsible would pay. Social-media videos were vetted by RFE/RL's Radio Farda, but their authenticity could not be independently verified.