Iran Guards commander accepts responsibility for downed plane

By : AFP

Date: 11 January 2020 1:27pm WAT

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Protesters wearing masks of (from L) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and US President Donald Trump perform during an anti-war demonstration in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on January 11, 2020. – The protesters called on Iran and the US to “reduce tension through diplomacy”. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

The aerospace commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday accepted full responsibility for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board.

“I take full responsibility and I will obey whatever decision is taken,” Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said in remarks broadcast on state television.

“I would prefer to die rather than witness such an incident.”
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