IRGC Aerospace Cmdr: I wish I was dead and such an incident hadn't happened. We in IRGC accept all the responsibility, and are ready to implement any decision made by the Establishment
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https://twitter.com/Khaaasteh/status/1215933525402230786
IRGC Aerospace Cmdr: I was in the country's west following attacks on US base in Iraq when I heard the news. We sacrificed our lives for our people for a lifetime, and now we're trading our reputation with God (disgracing ourselves) and appear in front of the camera to explain.
IRGC Aerospace Cmdr says we had requested the establishment of a no-fly zone given the war situation. But it was not approved for certain considerations
Revision: IRGC Aerospace Cmdr says Air Defence operator sent a message to his commanders; but after he didn't receive any response for 10 seconds, he decided to shoot it down
Revision: IRGC Aerospace Cmdr says air defence operator had been told a cruise missile has been fired. He has mistaken the passenger plane with a cruise missile, and after his message to his commanders was not answered probably over jammed communications, he shot the plane
Video of IRGC Aerospace Cmdr. showing the place on map where the Ukrainian plane was shot down by the air defence
@bellingcat
@bellingcat
@bellingcat IRGC Aerospace Cmdr: I informed Iranian officials on Wednesday morning, and said we speculate our own passenger plane has been shot down. But the General Staff of Armed Forces quarantined all those who knew about it, and decided to declare it later
@bellingcat IRGC Aerospace Cmdr.: The officials, including Aviation authorities, who kept denying the missile hit, are not guilty. They made those remarks based on what they knew. We are to blame for everything.
@bellingcat IRGC Aerospace Cmdr.: We were at that time ready for an all-out war with US. We had reports of cruise missiles fired at Iran. It was an individual's error that caused this tragedy
The IRGC commander repeated for several times that the Aviation Organization was not to blame. All the blame must be pinned on Armed Forces & and those who failed to control the situation (no-fly zone perhaps).
Key point in his remarks was reports of cruise missile fired at Iran
Key point in his remarks was reports of cruise missile fired at Iran
After transcription of the remarks, I realized the "10 seconds" part must be put this way: The operator tried to contact his commanders, but failed to do so either for jamming systems or network traffic; then he had 10 seconds to make his final decision: he decided to fire
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