In Iran consider the United States the culprit of the crash Boeing Ukrainian
The commander of aerospace forces of Islamic revolution guards Corps Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that the Downing of the Ukrainian plane was the result of U.S. actions.
"This is the value of the U.S. atrocities and actions in the field. That Night our systems were in a state of full combat readiness. The night sky was a lot of military aircraft ", - he said at a press conference, which was broadcast on the television channel IRIB.
anyway to put the blame Hajizade unwilling.
According to the commander, the Boeing 737 was hit by a missile short range. The Iranian air defense system mistook it for a cruise missile. The operator was only ten seconds to decide to shoot down the goal or not, but because of problems with communication he could not reach a decision with the command and, As explained Hajizade, " made a bad choice ".
The plane "International airlines of Ukraine" started flights from the airport of Imam Khomeini in the early morning of 8 January, but a few minutes later disappeared from radar and crashed. Lost his life all 176: 167 passengers from Iran, Ukraine, Canada, Germany, Sweden and Afghanistan and nine crew members.
Iranian aviation authorities at first denied that the Boeing 737 was hit by a missile. As explained Hajizade, they knew nothing: the staff did not inform the Directors of civil aviation of the causes of the disaster.
anyway, this morning, the staff acknowledged that the Plane was shot down. Leader Hassan Rouhani expressed condolences to the families of the victims and called the incident " a great tragedy and unforgivable mistake." The head of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he expects Iran's full admission of guilt, a formal apology, reward the guilty and payments of compensation.
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