Most 2020 Democrats mum after Iranian regime fires on protesters

By Dominick Mastrangelo

Published January 13, 2020 5:16pm ET

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Most 2020 Democrats mum after Iranian regime fires on protesters — Democratic presidential candidates from left, author Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice-President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., former Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., wave as they enter the stage for the second night of the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. | (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Few Democratic presidential primary candidates have criticized the Iranian regime in the wake of reports about the country’s police shooting at protesters in Tehran over the weekend.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets following Iran’s admission that its military accidentally shot down a passenger airplane outside Tehran last week.

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