IRGC Aerospace Force chief: ‘I wished death’ when I heard the news
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the chief of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said on Saturday that after he became “confident” that the Ukrainian passenger plane had been shot down erroneously by the Iranian air defense system “I wished death”. The passenger plane, with 179 people aboard, was mistakenly downed on Wednesday morning. It […]
Ukraine: Iran cooperating with plane crash probe
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Vadym Prystaiko says Iran has been cooperating with the probe into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, adding that experts from his country have been granted access to the black boxes. Speaking at a televised briefing in Kyiv on Friday, Prystaiko added that Ukraine […]
Canada sends envoy to Iran over tragic plane crash
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says a 10-member delegation from Canada is coming to Iran in order to deal with the Canadian victims of the Wednesday tragic plane crash. “Based on arrangements made between the foreign ministries of Iran and Canada, a 10-member Canadian delegation is heading to Iran […]
Ukrainian civil plane downed due to human error
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces released a statement early on Saturday noting that the cause of the Ukrainian civil plane crash has been human error in an air defense base. Following the tragic crash of a Boeing 737 Ukrainian civil plane in early Wednesday which happened amid missile strikes against US […]
Ukrainian Plane Crash in Iran: All Killed
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The death toll from the Ukrainian plane crash that fell off on Wednesday shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini International Airport south of the Iranian capital Tehran stands at 176, according to an Iranian official. Pir Hossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency services, said the Ukrainian plane, Boeing 737 operated by […]