Iran Protests Turn Violent in Ongoing Anger Over Downed Jet

Regime admitted it shot down Ukraininian commercial plane
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WATCH: Protests turned violent in Iran as students gathered for a second night.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Aoyon Ashraf and Arsalan Shahla

January 12, 2020 at 11:34 AM UTC

Updated on

January 13, 2020 at 6:10 AM UTC

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Iran witnessed a second night of protests, some violent, after the government admitted it had mistakenly downed a Ukrainian passenger jet.

Videos posted on social media, which couldn’t immediately be verified by Bloomberg News, showed clashes between protesters and riot police, trails of blood on a main street, chants in opposition to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and calls to rid the country of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Protesters in the videos said arrests had been made and tear gas fired at crowds.