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Commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps claims responsibility for plane crash

By Interfax-Ukraine.
(Files) General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, speaks in the capital Tehran on Sept. 21, 2019.
Photo by AFP

DUBAI – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh has said that he takes full responsibility for the crash of the Ukrainian plane, the Tasnim news agency reported on Jan. 11.

“I personally accept full responsibility for unintentional downing of Ukrainian plane,” the agency quoted the general as saying on Twitter.

Earlier on Jan. 11, Iranian authorities admitted that the Boeing was shot down by mistake by the Iranian military.

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