BREAKING: Iran Admits It Shot Down Passenger Plane Killing 176 People


BREAKING: Iran Admits It Shot Down Passenger Plane Killing 176 People

The New York Times reports that Iran has admitted to shooting down a Ukrainian 737 this week that killed 176 people, and claimed that the plane was accidentally shot down when it turned toward an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military base.

The plane was shot down on Tuesday after Iran fired numerous missiles targeting U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. military killing IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was responsible for murdering hundreds of U.S. soldiers.

Iran’s admission that it shot down the passenger plane comes after it lied for several days when it falsely claimed that it did not shoot the plane down and accused the United States of engaging in a “psychological operation” against Iran by “propagating such fallacies” that it falsely claimed was “a big lie.”

“It is unfortunate that the psychological operation of the US government and those supporting it are adding insult to the injury of the bereaved families and victimising them for certain goals by propagating such fallacies,” Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. “No one will assume responsibility for such a big lie once it is known that the claim had been fraudulent.”

Video from inside Iran surfaced on Tuesday night that showed the plane going down in flames shortly after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport.

On Thursday, The New York Times reported new video that showed the moment that the plane was clearly struck by a surface to air missile, writing, “Visual and sonic clues in the footage also matched flight path information and satellite imagery of the area near where the plane crashed.”

After the plane was shot down, Iran said that it would not turn over the black box from the wreckage to Boeing, but would turn it over to one of their allies for examination.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, a notorious propagandist, wrote on Twitter: “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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