“The message was delayed not because someone wanted to hide (the cause of the disaster. - RT ), but because the General Staff had to conduct an investigation,” ISNA quotes him.
Earlier, Amir Ali Hajizadeh recognized responsibility for the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran and said that Iran’s air defense system mistook the Ukrainian passenger plane for a cruise missile.
January 8, as a result of the crash of a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, 176 people were killed shortly after takeoff in the Iranian capital.
Later, the Iranian General Staff said that the liner was shot down accidentally as a result of a human error.
President Hassan Rouhani noted that those responsible for the crash will be held accountable. The head of the judiciary of Iran, Ibrahim Raisi, called for an investigation of the situation as soon as possible.