Many Iranians went on social media to express pain, anger and shock after the government admitted to shooting the wrong Ukrainian plane.

"Call it human error or vile, humiliating, whatever you give to it. But I wish you all to kill us. We cannot stand this any more," the house said. Iranian newspaper Farnaz Miri posted Twitter on January 11 after the military's acknowledgment statement. "We are just a group of corpses, living the lives they have planned."

The statement said that "human error" led to the tragic accident of flight No. 752 of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) on the outskirts of Tehran on January 8. All 167 passengers and 9 crew members died.

According to Iran's Fars news agency, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 10 January asked members of the Supreme National Security Council to "inform clearly and honestly" to the people about what happened. out. However, this "honest" announcement did not curb the shock and indignation of the people over the deaths of innocent people as well as the government hiding the truth for three days after the accident.

"They take 3-4 days to realize they have fired rocket stars," photographer Arash Ashournia asked on Twitter.

The crash of flight 752 occurred about three hours after Iran raided two US bases in Iraq to avenge General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Quds of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRCG). The government statement blamed that "US terrorist military flights across the country" "" increased the sensitivity of air defense complexes ", resulting in Iranian defenses" to be available. ready to deal with possible threats ".

"In a dangerous situation", Flight 752 was mistaken for a "hostile flight" after it was redirected to a "sensitive military center", at which time the aircraft "accidentally hit" anti-aircraft missiles. , according to the statement.

Last week, after General Soleimani was killed by the United States in an air raid at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Iranian state media reported headlining about people's solidarity as millions of people mourn Soleimani across the country. However, many people now feel that solidarity is at stake.

"It's a shame you can't distinguish fighter jets from passenger planes. How can you justify this disaster?", One Twitter user asked.

Congressman Mohammad Reza Tabesh said that keeping the truth a secret would cause even more damage to the country than missiles and bombs. Many Iranians are blaming the government for hiding the truth, many even arguing that top military commanders should resign.

"I believe resignation can heal. Thousands of people should resign, from high to low," wrote Maryam Abdi.

Hundreds gathered outside Amir Kabir Technological University in Tehran yesterday to pray for the victims. "We have the right to organize funerals and prayers. There needs to be a place there to scream out all this anger. Now we understand that none of us can go back to how it was before." , Soheila Esmaeili account said.

The prayer then turned into a protest against the government with many people shouting slogans demanding the supreme leader resign and the IRGC left the country. Riot police were deployed to prevent protesters from entering the school and dispersing the crowd.