Video appears to show Iranians running as shots ring out in Tehran on Jan. 12 during protests held against the downing of the Ukrainian plane and misleading explanations from senior officials in the wake of the tragedy.
ISTANBUL — Iranians gathered at universities Monday for a third straight day of protests, after Iran’s military admitted it shot down a Ukrainian airliner it mistook for a hostile aircraft last week.
Videos from Sunday night showed demonstrators fleeing from tear gas and in one case a woman bleeding in the leg — a wound that protesters said was caused by live ammunition, according to the Associated Press.
Reuters also reported hearing sounds of gunfire in videos posted on social media along with images of pools of blood on the street. In a televised statement, Tehran’s police chief denied that police shot at protesters and said they are under orders to show restraint.
Another video showed students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, which lost 13 students and alumni in the crash, chanting against the cleric-led government. Other videos, which could not be verified, included squads of riot police in central Tehran.
“All of Enghelab Street until Azadi Square is full of security forces,” said Sahar, 32, a resident of Tehran. She declined to give her full name out of fear of reprisals from security forces.
On Sunday evening, riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators gathered near the Shademaan metro station in Tehran, according to the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran.
[Iranians protest as government admits shooting down airline]
Protesters are calling for accountability in the accidental downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which killed all 176 people on board.
Iranian officials initially denied reports that the plane was brought down with a surface-to-air missile but later admitted that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful security institution, shot it down by mistake amid heightened tensions with the United States.
The crash occurred early Wednesday just hours after Iran had fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. troops. The barrage was retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad earlier this month.
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