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| ‘I wish I was dead’: Senior IRGC commander accepts full responsibility for downing Ukrainian plane, apologizes to nation | |
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| Commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said he “wished he was dead” upon learning of the Ukrainian jet downing and accepted full responsibility for the incident. | |
| “After hearing about the crash of the Ukrainian plane, I wished to die”, Hajizadeh said during a press conference on Saturday. | |
| The commander explained that the incident occurred when the country was bracing for the potential US strikes and the “likelihood of conflict” between the two nations has been “unprecedented” since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. | |
| According to an early assessment, the Ukrainian plane was erroneously identified as an incoming cruise missile, which resulted in the tragedy. | |
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