Iran general: Lies over downing Ukraine jet were for national security - Business Insider

Wreckage from Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which was shot down by Iran on January 8, 2020.Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, sought to justify lying about whether Iran shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight 752.

At first, Iranian officials apologized unreservedly for the crash. But in the days since, some have sought to justify the action, or shift the blame.An Iranian general defended his government's decision to lie for days about whether it shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing 176 people. Hajizadeh is part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary force which answers directly to the country's supreme leader and is considered more hardline than its elected government.he said publicly that he felt such shame over the shootdown that "I wish I could die."

On Tuesday, the deputy head of Iran's Armed Forces General Staff gave an interview in which he appeared to suggest that the US could have hacked Iran's weapons systems at the time of the crash., General Sardar Abdullahi raised the prospect of "electronic warfare" having played a part in the shootdown.

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