Iran:

Ukrainian plane shot down 'due to human error'

Iran announced a Ukrainian plane which crashed outside Tehran this week was shot down due to human error "at a time of crisis caused by US adventurism."

Ukrainian plane shot down 'due to human error'

MojNews-In a statement issued on Saturday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that at the time of the incident, the forces had been on the highest alert.

All 176 people on the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight died in the crash this week just after take-off from Tehran on a flight to Kiev.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," President Hassan Rouhani  wrote on Twitter. "My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences."

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered Iran's "profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations."

"A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces: Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster," he tweeted.

The general staff of the armed forces said those responsible for shooting down the passenger jet would "immediately" be brought before military justice.

It assured that "by pursuing fundamental reforms in operational processes at the armed forces' level, we will make it impossible to repeat such errors."

 

Was this news helpful?
Comments sent by you will be published on the web after being approved by Moj news agency.

Messages containing slander and slander will not be published.

Add Comment