Tehran, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): Iran’s armed forces said Saturday they unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week blaming “human error”. The plane, which crashed on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board, was mistaken for a “hostile plane” and was hit while enemy threats were at the highest level, according to a press statement published by the official IRNA news agency. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday said his country “deeply regrets” the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner, which he described as “a great tragedy & unforgivable mistake”. “Armed Forces’ internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles … Continue reading Iran says it unintentionally shot down Ukrainian plane due to ‘human error’