Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown

Associated Press,
TOPSHOT - Rescue teams work at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. - All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on January 8, Iranian state media reported. State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft operated by Ukraine International Airlines. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Online videos appear to show Iranian police and security forces firing tear gas and live ammunition to disperse demonstrators who protested the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner. The videos obtained Monday by The Associated Press show show tear gas being fired on what appears to be a peaceful crowd, which then turns to run away. Gunfire can be heard in the background. Another clip shows a woman being carried away as a crowd shouts that she’s been shot. The protests came after Iran belatedly acknowledged accidentally shooting down a passenger plane and killing scores of Iranians at a time of soaring tensions with the United States.

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