Three days after the Ukrainian Airlines plane crash, Iran admitted responsibility for the tragedy, admitting it shot down the Boeing 737 by “mistake”. According to our international political editorialist Ulysse Gosset, the tension was getting too strong for Iran, which felt compelled to admit its mistake.
“The pressure was becoming too strong for Iran and everywhere, from Canada with very many Canadian victims, from Ukraine but also from Sweden, so indeed we had to react,” says Ulysse Gosset.
The Iranian foreign ministers had thus expressed “regrets, apologies and condolences”, while stressing that Washington was no stranger to this drama. A sentiment shared by the Iranian president who spoke of a “human error”, “caused by American adventurism”.
“Iran politically incriminates Donald Trump”
“Iran recognizes the error but, politically, incriminates Donald Trump,” analyzes Ulysse Gosset.
The country had previously denied the claim that the Ukrainian plane was hit by an Iranian missile.
“It is true that, at the origin of this tension, there is first the drone fire on General Soleimani, which provoked an enormous emotion and a very strong nationalist mobilization. Iran gave the answer with reprisals, but this catastrophe which left 176 victims completely reshuffled the cards and Iran had to turn around, “explains our specialist.
“Avoid dragging this ball for months”
According to our editorial writer, acknowledgment of responsibility relieves Iran:
“It is a real humiliation but Iran preferred to leave it to avoid dragging this ball for months.”
An investigation of this magnitude should last several long weeks.
“The story is going to be terrible”
“The story is going to be terrible for months: there is going to be an international commission of inquiry because all the countries affected by this tragedy have regrouped, they will ask for the black boxes, but also the debris, then there will be the judicial process with undoubtedly claims for compensation “, describes Ulysse Gosset.
The victims are mainly Iranian-Canadians, but also Afghans, British, Swedes and Ukrainians.
Shortly after Iran’s confession, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace branch declared that he assumed “full responsibility” for the tragedy: “I take full responsibility” for this disaster, said the general. of brigade Amirali Hajizadeh, in a television statement. Adding: “I would have preferred to die rather than witness such an accident.”
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