Iran's 'Unforgivable Mistake' Downing Jet Elicits Furor At Home And Abroad
After many denials, Iran's admission that it accidentally downed a Ukrainian plane was cautiously embraced by world leaders as a "step forward." Back in Tehran, protesters' reaction was far angrier.
Updated at 4:05 p.m. ET
Less than a day after Iran finally acknowledged that its armed forces unintentionally brought down a Ukrainian jetliner, Iranian authorities' admission of the "unforgivable mistake" has had major reverberations â both in Iran's capital, Tehran, where demonstrators crowded local universities Saturday, and around a stunned world.
"The fact that Iran has now taken responsibility for the downing of that
