The Iranian government is turning on its military after it lied about the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane

Iranian Presidency Office via AP

• Iran's leadership has turned on its military its response to the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 last week. 
• While Iran initially insisted that the plane crashed due to technical issues, it later admitted that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot the commercial plane down by mistake. 
• President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran must "compensate" for the crash, and demanded the IRCG "explain to people" exactly what happened. 
• Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also rebuked the military for its actions and said on Wednesday that recent heated protests in the country were in response to the Iranian public being "lied to."
• Experts have said the Iranian government's U-turn on its military reflects that it is struggling to control the narrative around the downing of the plane.
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Iran's leadership has turned on its military its response to the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 in Tehran last week, which killed all 176 people on board. 

Iran initially insisted that the plane crashed due to technical issues, but days later admitted that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) missile system shot down the Boeing-737-800 by mistake.  

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