DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday that arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after takeoff from Tehran last week. Rouhani called the government’s admission that Iranian forces shot down the plane the “first good step”. The shootdown and the lack of transparency around it has reignited anger in Iran at the country’s leadership. Also Tuesday, Iran’s judiciary said that 30 people had been detained in the protests, and that some were released, without elaborating further. He’s said he went to a candlelight vigil to pay his respects for the victims of the Ukrainian plane shootdown and left as soon as the chanting began and it turned into a protest.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 14, 2020 09:00 UTC