International airport. Theres the flames, as the plane hits the ground and explodes. You can see the flaming debris. Hundreds of pieces of the plane strewn across the area. Cnn is covering this Major Development with our teams throughout the region and beyond. Fred pleitgen is live this hour in tehran with more on what the iranian government is saying. Ben wedeman standing by in beirut how new sanctions could play out in the region where u. S. Faces demands following the military leader qassem soleimani. Lets start in tehran with our Fred Pleitgen. Fred, give us a sense of what youre searing with officials. What more are they saying, now that theyre doing a 180 on this. Reporter yeah, were hearing a lot from iranian government officials, political leaders, religious leaders and military leaders as well. Actually as we speak right now, were waiting for a press conference from the head of irans press forces that is the commission in charge of the air to surface missiles. Were hearing fro
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Classic in straight sets. There have been more protests in tehran after the iranian government confirmed it was responsible for the shooting down of a ukrainian passengerjet. Demonstrators voiced anger at the blunder a product of raised tensions following americas assassination of general qasem soleimani. Rich preston has this report. Chanting. In the capital tehran, protesters filled the streets, chanting slogans against the countrys supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. Posters of qasem soleimani, the military commander killed by the us and whose funeral saw hundreds of thousands turn out at memorial events, were torn down. And, in an apparent show of defiance against the government, students refused to walk over american and israeli flags. Demonstrators say theyre angry with their leaders for the shooting down of the ukrainian plane last week, killing all 176 people on board. In a rare move, even irans press was critical of the countrys leaders. Unforgivable. National mourning. An