Iran admits it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian plane

Government statement blames ‘human error’ for the incident that left 176 people killed many of them Iranian citizens.

 

Is this true or is it more disinformation?

 

Looks like it is probably true:

 

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Iranian Armed Forces Say They Inadvertently Shot Down The Ukrainian Planehttps://t.co/s07X6TjyCY pic.twitter.com/2pOjxaUtDv

— Moon of Alabama (@MoonofA) January 11, 2020

#BREAKING: Finally #IRGC accepted its mistake and announced it. Minutes ago, #Iran‘s Joint Chiefs of Staff issued an statement & officially admitted shot-down of Flight #PS752 of #Ukraine International Airlines by a Tor-M1 SAM system of #IRGC Aerospace Force near #Parand! https://t.co/YGOY9J5dWO pic.twitter.com/GHrERuFIPj

— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) January 11, 2020

The Context of the Tragedy

Trump’s surprise assassination of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani has united the region against the US like never before.

Anyone saying a war on Iran will be easy is LYING. Let’s hope we never have to find out. #NoWarWithIran

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— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) January 9, 2020

The Iranian foreign minister admits that Iran accidental shot down the aircraft.

 

A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces:

Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster

Our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations.
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— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 11, 2020