{"id":213091,"date":"2020-01-10T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=213091"},"modified":"2023-01-22T04:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T03:42:12","slug":"u-s-confirms-iran-regimes-role-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/u-s-confirms-iran-regimes-role-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-airplane\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Confirms Iran Regime’s Role in Shooting Down Ukrainian Airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran: US officials have \u201chigh confidence\u201d that an Iranian regime antiaircraft missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran, resulting in 176 deaths<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

United States officials have \u201chigh confidence\u201d that an Iranian regime antiaircraft missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran, resulting in 176 deaths.The Washington Post, quoted an anonymous official as saying: \u201cU.S. authorities believe the plane was hit by a SA-15 surface-to-air missile, a Russian-made system is also known as a Tor air-defense system.\u201d<\/p>\n

This attack happened on the same day\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0regime\u2019s so-called \u201cretaliation\u201d against the U.S. for killing\u00a0Qassem Solei<\/a>mani<\/a>, head of the regime\u2019s\u00a0Islamic Revolutionary Guards\u00a0<\/a>Corps\u00a0<\/a>(IRGC)<\/a>\u00a0Quds Force<\/a>,\u00a0on January 3 in an airstrike in Iraq.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post:\u00a0\u201cUkrainian investigators said they were considering the possibility that an antiaircraft missile brought down a Kyiv-bound passenger jet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime has declined to cooperate with investigators, which\u00a0is indicative of its\u00a0involvement in this incident. The regime has so far refused to hand over the black box of the crashed\u00a0Ukrainian\u00a0airliner to Boeing, the airplane manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s embassy in Iran dropped an initial reference to engine failure as the cause of the airplane crash.<\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the president-elect of\u00a0the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, offered her condolences to the families and survivors of the airplane crash.<\/p>\n

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#MaryamRajavi<\/a>: Friday, a day of mourning for the passengers of the plane shot down by the regime https:\/\/t.co\/KQ1Z2qshKH<\/a>#IranProtests<\/a> #QassemSoleimani<\/a> #FreeIran2020<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3yhXmb0c3z<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n