{"id":20598,"date":"2021-01-07T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20598"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T10:22:48","slug":"ukrainian-plane-crash-in-iran-and-litigation-by-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/ukrainian-plane-crash-in-iran-and-litigation-by-the-victims\/20598\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Plane Crash in Iran and Litigation by the Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the elimination of Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, the mullahs\u2019 regime fired several rockets at the US Ain al-Assad base in Iraq on January 8, 2020 in a show of retaliation. But for fear of a possible US response, the regime had its anti-aircraft systems ready around Tehran to counter US retaliatory strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the regime did not ban passenger flights in those circumstances, which led to the firing of the IRGC<\/a> missiles and the downing of a Ukrainian plane<\/a>, killing all 176 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752<\/a> was a passenger flight of Ukrainian airlines. The flight, originating from Tehran to Kiev, was shot down on January 8, 2020 by the IRGC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regime immediately blamed the cause of the fall on a \u201ctechnical defect\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the revelations of the people and families of the victims, as well as the international stance, were so widespread that the regime was forced to confess to the crime on January 11, 2020, through a statement from the General Staff of the Armed Forces. But they fraudulently declared the cause to be \u201chuman error.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the revelation of the regime\u2019s secrecy in this crime, on January 11, students and protesters staged a rally in front of Amirkabir University and Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. They chanted slogans against this lie of the mullahs\u2019 regime and demanded Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s resignation. An action that turned into a nationwide uprising and the rejection of both the monarchy and mullahs was the main slogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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