{"id":318752,"date":"2020-01-11T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T08:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318752"},"modified":"2020-01-11T08:38:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T08:38:52","slug":"iran-admits-shooting-down-ukrainian-jetliner-calls-it-human-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/iran-admits-shooting-down-ukrainian-jetliner-calls-it-human-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran admits shooting down Ukrainian Jetliner; calls it Human Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-318753 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plane-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/plane-crash.jpg 466w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/plane-crash-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/plane-crash-464x420.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>Iranian military in a statement on state TV said that the country \u2018unintentionally\u2019 shot down a Ukrainian aircraft, killing all 176 aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Iran\u00a0admitted that its military made an unforgivable mistake in unintentionally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, after days of rejecting reports that pointed to Tehran being responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The statement came on Saturday morning, blaming human error because of what it called the plane\u2019s sharp, unexpected turn toward a sensitive military base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in a tweet said, &#8220;Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA 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,\u201d Zarif tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president said, \u201cArmed Forces\u2019 internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane &amp; death of 176 innocent people. Investigations continue to identify &amp; prosecute this great tragedy &amp; unforgivable mistake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian military in a statement on state TV said that the country \u2018unintentionally\u2019 shot down a Ukrainian aircraft, killing all 176 aboard. Iran\u00a0admitted that its military made an unforgivable mistake in unintentionally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, after days of rejecting reports that pointed to Tehran being responsible. The statement came on Saturday morning, blaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":318753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[395,12349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318756,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318752\/revisions\/318756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/318753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}