President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday blasting out messages in Persian as protests erupted across Iran after the Revolutionary Guards admitted to shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752.
The Commander in Chief told the protestors in Iran, “your courage is inspiring”, and warned the Iranian government, “the world is watching”.
Protestors erupted in Iran Saturday and demanded that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei step down after the country’s military admitted to accidentally downing a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board.
The Ukranian plane crashed shortly after leaving Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday. It came three days after President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, at Baghdad International Airport.
On Saturday morning, Iran’s military said in a statement published by the official IRNA news agency that an investigation had revealed it had, in fact, downed the Ukranian passenger jet “unintentionally, due to human error.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tweeted on Saturday: “The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences.”
On Saturday afternoon, thousands of people gathered in Tehran’s main squares protesting against the military’s mistake. Iran had initially denied reports that one of its missiles hit the aircraft, but on Thursday, U.S. officials told Newsweek they suspected that Iran’s anti-aircraft systems haad struck the Ukranian flight, accidentally killing the passengers and crew on board. (Continued Below)
President Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday: “Where have the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats gone when they have spent the last 3 days defending the life of Qassem Soleimani, one of the worst terrorists in history and the father of the roadside bomb? He was also looking to do big future damage! Dems are ‘unhinged'”.
“To the brave, long-suffering people of Iran: I’ve stood with you since the beginning of my Presidency, and my Administration will continue to stand with you. We are following your protests closely, and are inspired by your courage,” the Commander in Chief expressed.
“The government of Iran must allow human rights groups to monitor and report facts from the ground on the ongoing protests by the Iranian people. There can not be another massacre of peaceful protesters, nor an internet shutdown. The world is watching,” President Trump warned. (Videos Below)
President Donald Trump’s official tweets:
Where have the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats gone when they have spent the last 3 days defending the life of Qassem Soleimani, one of the worst terrorists in history and the father of the roadside bomb? He was also looking to do big future damage! Dems are “unhinged.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2020
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Videos of some of the protests:
“Death to the dictator” being chanted by students in Iran’s capital today after IRGC admits it was responsible for the Ukraine plane crash. MEK sources at the scene in Amirkabir Uni say other chants include “We will not praise the murderous [Supreme] Leader”.
Woah! Now they're chanting for the Supreme Leader to go: "Commander-in-chief, resign, resign".
Iran's regime faces huge public outcry after IRGC admits it caused #UkrainePlaneCrash.
MEK sources say students at #IranProtests in Amirkabir Uni are also chanting Death to the Dictator pic.twitter.com/jOJeQg8tZM— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
Young women chanting against the Supreme Leader on the streets of Iran "Khamenei shame on you, let go of our country"
Is the MSM hearing this?(via the MEK in Tehran's Sharif University of Technology)
CC @realDonaldTrump @USAmbUN @statedeptspox#IranProtests #UkrainePlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/6ueLa0I4wV
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
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Students in Iran's capital tonight openly chant against the Supreme Leader: "Death to Khamenei".
After 40 years, the nation wants regime change. #IranProtests #FreeIran2020
(video via MEK activists at Sharif University of Technology)@DonaldJTrumpJr @GOPChairwoman @HeyTammyBruce pic.twitter.com/HMBVfONVbW— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
"Death to the principle of supreme religious rule" – #IranProtests tonight by students in Tehran's Sharif University target the very essence of the mullahs' regime. The MEK report more protests in Isfahan & Hamadan
Hi @PressSec, could you pls make sure @POTUS & @VP are informed? pic.twitter.com/YiwMYOG82K
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
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Major new slogan in #IranProtests tonight: "Death to the oppressor. Be it the Shah or the Supreme Leader."
For the record: The MEK are behind these protests for regime change.
CC: @RichardGrenell @USAmbUN @SecPompeo
(Footage: via MEK activists under the Hafez Bridge in Tehran) pic.twitter.com/IUhuXDevjY
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
"We don't want an Islamic Republic" – chants tonight by Iran's students.#IranProtests via MEK activists in Sharif University, Tehran #FreeIran2020@realDonaldTrump @RealSaavedra @seanmdav @KassyDillon @NikkiHaley @SarahHuckabee @DonaldJTrumpJr @hughhewitt @MZHemingway @cvpayne pic.twitter.com/Dp74GlQ7T3
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
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