<p>Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief briefed parliament Sunday over the killing of a top general by the US, Tehran's retaliation and the subsequent downing of an airliner, ISNA news agency said.</p>.<p>Major General Hossein Salami addressed the members of the Majles in a closed session, the semi-official news agency reported.</p>.<p>Salami had been due to explain the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Guards' foreign operations arm, in a January 3 US drone strike in Baghdad, ISNA reported as the session got underway.</p>.<p>The Guards chief had been expected to speak about Iran's retaliation to the killing of the general on Wednesday when it fired a volley of missiles at US troops stationed in Iraqi military bases, it said.</p>.<p>ISNA said Salami was also expected to address members of the parliament about the accidental downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, which killed all 176 people on board.</p>.<p>Those killed in the air disaster were mainly Iranians and Canadians, including dual nationals. Many were students.</p>.<p>Iran said on Saturday that the plane was mistakenly shot down on Wednesday morning, hours after the missiles were fired at Iraq.</p>.<p>The Islamic republic's armed forces said its air defences had been at a heightened state of alert at the time and that the missile operator who fired at the plane acted independently.</p>.<p>Following Sunday's session, parliament speaker Ali Larijani asked the Majles' security and foreign policy commission to examine the "grave incident" and how to prevent such disasters from occurring again.</p>.<p>Police dispersed students at Tehran's Amir Kabir University on Saturday evening after their commemoration for those killed in the disaster turned into an angry demonstration, Fars news agency reported.</p>.<p>The students chanted slogans denouncing "liars" and demanded the resignation and prosecution of those responsible for downing the plane and allegedly covering up the accidental action.</p>.<p>Newspapers in Iran on Sunday paid tribute to those killed in the tragedy, many of them with black front pages.</p>.<p>"Apologise, resign," said the main headline of the reformist Etemad daily.</p>.<p>"Unbelievable," read the front-page banner of Arman-e Meli, another reformist newspaper.</p>.<p>"Unforgivable," said government newspaper Iran, which published all the names of those who died in the air disaster on the image of black plane tail.</p>.<p>Kayhan, a hardline daily, led on supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's "strict orders" to follow up on the "painful incident of the plane crash".</p>.<p>"Deep apology for the painful mistake," said the front page of Javan, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.</p>
<p>Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief briefed parliament Sunday over the killing of a top general by the US, Tehran's retaliation and the subsequent downing of an airliner, ISNA news agency said.</p>.<p>Major General Hossein Salami addressed the members of the Majles in a closed session, the semi-official news agency reported.</p>.<p>Salami had been due to explain the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Guards' foreign operations arm, in a January 3 US drone strike in Baghdad, ISNA reported as the session got underway.</p>.<p>The Guards chief had been expected to speak about Iran's retaliation to the killing of the general on Wednesday when it fired a volley of missiles at US troops stationed in Iraqi military bases, it said.</p>.<p>ISNA said Salami was also expected to address members of the parliament about the accidental downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, which killed all 176 people on board.</p>.<p>Those killed in the air disaster were mainly Iranians and Canadians, including dual nationals. Many were students.</p>.<p>Iran said on Saturday that the plane was mistakenly shot down on Wednesday morning, hours after the missiles were fired at Iraq.</p>.<p>The Islamic republic's armed forces said its air defences had been at a heightened state of alert at the time and that the missile operator who fired at the plane acted independently.</p>.<p>Following Sunday's session, parliament speaker Ali Larijani asked the Majles' security and foreign policy commission to examine the "grave incident" and how to prevent such disasters from occurring again.</p>.<p>Police dispersed students at Tehran's Amir Kabir University on Saturday evening after their commemoration for those killed in the disaster turned into an angry demonstration, Fars news agency reported.</p>.<p>The students chanted slogans denouncing "liars" and demanded the resignation and prosecution of those responsible for downing the plane and allegedly covering up the accidental action.</p>.<p>Newspapers in Iran on Sunday paid tribute to those killed in the tragedy, many of them with black front pages.</p>.<p>"Apologise, resign," said the main headline of the reformist Etemad daily.</p>.<p>"Unbelievable," read the front-page banner of Arman-e Meli, another reformist newspaper.</p>.<p>"Unforgivable," said government newspaper Iran, which published all the names of those who died in the air disaster on the image of black plane tail.</p>.<p>Kayhan, a hardline daily, led on supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's "strict orders" to follow up on the "painful incident of the plane crash".</p>.<p>"Deep apology for the painful mistake," said the front page of Javan, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.</p>