Tehran – A group of Iranian protesters on Saturday chanted “Death to the Liar” against Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanding him to step down after Tehran said that its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 people on board.
“Commander-in-chief (Khamenei) resign, resign,” videos posted on Twitter showed hundreds of people chanting, in front of Tehran’s Amir Kabir university.
Jan 11 – Tehran, #Iran
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) January 11, 2020
Protesters chant, “Death to the liar” referring to the regime’s 3-day denial of #IranPlaneShootdown killing all 176 passengers of flight #PS752 and crew. #IranProtests #FreeIran2020 pic.twitter.com/mkNO8ITt8R
The reports were confirmed by Iran’s semi-governmemt news agency Fars.
One of the reports mentioned that the demonstrators raised the slogan “Soleimani is a murderer and so his leader”, on the streets while ripping up pictures of Qassem Soleimani, the prominent commander of the Guard’s Quds Force who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last Friday.
Jan 11 – Tehran, #Iran
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) January 11, 2020
Protesters are chanting against Khamenei & #QassemSuleimani the IRGC Commander who was killed during a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad on January 3.
“Soleimani is a murderer and so his leader!”#IranPlaneCrash #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/xwwNBdaoQQ
It said the protesters numbered about 700 to 1,000 people.
