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Iranian hardliner students light candles during a memorial ceremony for passengers of Ukraine airplane, at the Tehran university in Tehran, Iran. EPA
Iranian hardliner students light candles during a memorial ceremony for passengers of Ukraine airplane, at the Tehran university in Tehran, Iran. EPA
Iran makes arrests over downing of Ukrainian passenger flight
Iran at first dismissed allegations that a missile had brought down the plane
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14 January, 2020