Iran’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday that protests erupted in Iran this month because people were “lied to” about the cause of a commercial plane crash.
The foreign minister, Javad Zarif, was speaking at a global leadership conference in the Indian capital.
Iran said Tuesday that authorities have made arrests in the accidental shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane , which killed all 176 people on board.
The January 8 incident set off protests in the country demanding accountability after officials initially concealed the cause of the crash.
