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Anonymous ID: cf672e Jan. 11, 2020, 1:29 a.m. No.7781501   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1669 >>1724 >>1771

Iran admits it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian passenger plane

 

Iran said on Saturday it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane killing 176 people on board due to human error, after initially denying it brought down the plane in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq.

 

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Anonymous ID: cf672e Jan. 11, 2020, 2:16 a.m. No.7781613   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1633 >>1669 >>1724 >>1771

Iran admits it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian passenger plane

 

Iran said on Saturday its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard.

 

President Hassan Rouhani said a military investigation had found "missiles fired due to human error" brought down the Boeing 737 on Wednesday, calling it an "unforgivable mistake".

 

The about-turn came after officials in Iran had categorically denied Western claims that the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) airliner had been struck by a missile in a catastrophic error.

 

The plane, which had been bound for Kiev, slammed into a field shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport before dawn on Wednesday.

 

In a statement posted on the government's website, Rouhani said Iran's armed forces had been on alert for possible attacks by the Americans after the "martyrdom" of Soleimani.

 

"Iran is very much saddened by this catastrophic mistake and I, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, express my deep condolences to the families of victims of this painful catastrophe," he said.

 

Rouhani added he had ordered "all relevant bodies to take all necessary actions (to ensure) compensation" to the families of those killed.

 

"This painful incident is not an issue that can be overcome easily."

 

He said "the perpetrators of this unforgivable mistake will be prosecuted".

 

"It is necessary to take necessary steps and measures to remove the weak points of the country's defence systems so that such a catastrophe is never repeated again."

 

The majority of passengers on UIA Flight PS752 were dual national Iranian-Canadians but also included Ukrainians, Afghans, Britons and Swedes.

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20200111-iran-admits-it-unintentionally-shot-down-ukrainian-passenger-plane