There is a certain irony in the fact that the downing of an airliner from a country that underwent a people power revolution against repression and corruption–Ukraine–may now lead to upheaval in Iran. In the days following the tragic January 8 downing of Ukrainian International Airlines PS752, protests in Iran have escalated in dramatic fashion, starting on university campuses and spreading into the streets.
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A flight staffer arranges candles at a memorial for the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash in the Iranian capital Tehran, at the Boryspil airport outside Kyiv on Jan. 8, 2020.
