In the Islamic revolutionary guards Corps the IRGC revealed details of the attack on the Ukrainian Boeing 737 around Tehran. The commander of the HQs of Iran, Amir Ali Hajizadeh says that it was human error, namely the operator of the missile system “tor-M1”.
“We were expecting a full-fledged war with the US, and we had reports on the launches of cruise missiles. The tragedy was caused by a mistake of a specific person, “- said the head of the IRGC.
According to Hajizade Ukrainian plane, the Iranian military took over, the cruise missile, which flies in the direction of important military facility.
“He (the operator of SAM – ed.) was 5 seconds on a decision, he made the wrong choice, “said Hajizade. In his words, this statement is supposedly having some problems with the communication system, which he was unable to contact the command and took the decision to strike personally.
Commander of the IRGC said that I agree with any punishment against the guilty in the crash Boeing 737.
Earlier Диалог.UA reported that the Ukrainian aircraft Boeing 737 was downed early on the morning of 8 January in Tehran. It was a few hours after the missile attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq, and the Iranian missile system was transferred to high alert mode because of the high likelihood of retaliatory attacks.
The plane crash killed all who were on Board the Boeing 737 176 people, of which 26 are children. Most of the dead were citizens of Iran and Canada.
It is worth noting that Iran is 3 days denied his guilt in the crash of the Boeing 737, insisting on the version about technical malfunction of the plane. Only January 11, Iranian authorities named a cause of the tragedy.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky after the recognition put forward 5 conditions of the Iranian authorities.
We wrote that there was a video of the launch of missiles “tor-M1” on the Ukrainian plane.