Iran’s Admission of Unintentionally Shooting Down Ukrainian Airplane
The Iranian government has acknowledged that the Ukrainian airplane, which crashed on Wednesday, January 8, killing all 176 people onboard, was shot down "unintentionally."
In a statement broadcasted on state TV, the Middle Eastern country issued a formal apology to the families of the victims, including those of foreign nationals, and attributed the incident to "human error."
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif expressed, "A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces: human error at the 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."
The country's military admitted that the airplane was mistaken for a hostile...