Iranians protest for third day over downed airliner amid reports of gunfire by security forces. ISTANBUL - Iranians staged protests Monday for the third straight day, as anger at the government intensified after it admitted that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner it mistook for a hostile aircraft amid heightened tensions with the United States last week, killing all 176 people on board.

Two Iranians have been arrested in Bangkok using fake Spanish passports, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakpal said on Wednesday.