Members of Toronto’s Iranian community say they’re saddened and angry, but not surprised, by Iran’s admission it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jet over Tehran, killing all 176 on the plane, including 57 Canadians. Here in Toronto, Iranian Canadians said Tehran’s admission it downed a passenger jet carrying scores of Iranians and Canadians confirmed what they had already suspected. “When the general got killed, over four million people came on the street (in Iran) because he was assassinated. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...On Saturday night, hundreds did, in fact, gather at universities in Tehran to protest the government’s late acknowledgement of the plane being shot down. They demanded officials involved in the missile attack be removed from their positions and tried.

Source: thestar January 11, 2020 22:41 UTC