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A long time ruler known for promoting peace in an unstable region his cousin has some been taught and saeed is named the new leader. Hello in a dramatic u. Turn iran has now admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner describing it as a disastrous mistake 176 people were killed when the plane crashed on wednesday a commander with the revolutionary guard. Apologized to the nation and accepted full responsibility he says the plane was brought down by a short range missile soon after takeoff from to ron it was the same night iran launched missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops. As a lot of mileage out of that how. Those in our Aviation Services who were denying responsibility they were saying this based on their findings and i repeat they are not to blame it is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability th
A cease fire. Hello we begin in iran where the government is dealing with the growing fallout over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of for ukrainian airliner on wednesday hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u. K. Embassy in tehran calling for the embassy to be closed Irans Foreign Ministry has now summoned the British Ambassador accusing him of attending protests against the governments initial response hes denied dots of protests have been held right across the country after the revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing 176 people there a new parliament has denied a cover up the told the military to take precautions to avoid further disasters or the recent crisis with the u. S. Was prompted by the assassination of the iranian commander. Qassam soleimani in iraq and qatar as emir is into herat in a push to ease those tensions hes the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since so my money was killed in a u. S. Attack on j
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