Iran Shoots Plane – level 2

17-01-2020 07:00

Last week, a Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran and at first, the Iranian government said that it had nothing to do with it.

However, the government later admitted that it accidentally shot the plane down. The government said that it was a mistake because of tensions with the US, and people thought that the plane was a hostile missile or a rocket.

Protesters in Iran are now requesting that the country’s supreme leader step down. They also want the government to punish the people responsible for the mistake.

The Ukrainian president said that Iran apologized to Ukraine and the relatives of the dead.

Difficult words: tension (when people or groups feel angry, worried, or scared), hostile (violent, aggressive), step down (to leave a job).

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