UPDATED: Iran Officials Avoid Blame of Revolutionary Guards Over Ukraine Jet Shootdown
The wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, downed by the Iranian military near Tehran, January 8, 2020
UPDATE, APRIL 7: An Iranian prosecutor says 10 officials have been indicted over January 2020 shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, killing all 176 passengers and crew.
“The indictment of the case of the Ukrainian plane was also issued and a serious and accurate investigation was carried out and indictments were issued for 10 people who were at fault,” Tehran military prosecutor Gholamabbas Torki said.
He did not name the defendants.
UPDATE, MAR 18: Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has formally blamed an air defense operator for the shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in January 2020, killing all 176 passengers and crew.