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Iran tensions

Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike

Commander says he knew Ukrainian airliner was shot down day it happened

Iranian people gather to show their sympathy to the victims of the crash of the Boeing 737-800 plane, flight PS 752, in Tehran, Iran, on January 11.   © Reuters/West Asia News Agency

DUBAI (Reuters) -- Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran had feared U.S. air strikes.

"They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here," a group of protesters outside a university in Tehran chanted, according to video clips posted on Twitter.

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