Hundreds of Iranians protested in several cities around the country Saturday after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps admitted to mistakenly shooting down a civilian Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 on board.
In Tehran, students of Sharif University, also known as Iran’s MIT, chant, “Referendum is our people’s salvation!"
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Sharif University, Tehran, Iran
The protests were not limited to Tehran. People in the northern city of Rasht called Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his allies "shameless."
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Protesters in Rasht, Iran
Anti-riot police watch protesters near Amirkabir University in Tehran.
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Anti-riot police in Tehran
Protest videos show some demonstrators shouting, “Down with the dictator!” and calling Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a "traitor," near Tehran’s Polytechnic (Amirkabir) University.
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Tear Gas Lobbed at Protesters Near Amir Kabir University
In a video posted to filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s Instagram account, police fire tear gas at demonstrators near near Amirkabir University in Tehran.
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Amir Kabir University Protest
Protesters near Sharif University in Tehran chant, “Our leader is ignorant and a source of shame.”
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Sharif University, Tehran, Iran
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