Iran has set up a team to investigate the possibility of the US sabotaging its radar system, leading to the military's wrong firing of a Ukrainian passenger plane.

"The atrocities of the US in the region have been previously demonstrated. Iranian networks have detected and recorded US-made virtual objects in the country's airspace," said General Ali Abdollahi, The deputy commander in charge of the combat syndicate of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff Department spoke on national television on January 14.

According to the official, the United States may have interfered with the Iranian radar system, causing a crew to operate the missile on the morning of 8/1 mistaking a Ukrainian passenger plane as an American cruise missile that is coming and shot down.

"The US disruption of radar systems is not unprecedented," Abdollahi said, adding that Iran had formed a team to investigate the possibility.

A Boeing 737-800 carrying 169 passengers and seven crew members of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was shot down on the outskirts of Tehran on the morning of January 8, killing all people on board. After initial denials, Iran admitted a unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRCG) had shot down the plane by mistake it was a US cruise missile.

Abdollahi said that after Iran launched ballistic missiles at bases with US troops stationed in Iraq early in the morning, the Iraqi army received information about an upcoming cruise missile attack. of America. The missile crew had difficulty communicating and receiving orders from the command center before firing the wrong plane.

Local and foreign public opinion has criticized Iran for admitting that the wrong shot was too late. However, Abdollahi said the investigation led to the announcement of the admission of the wrong shot in the shortest possible time.

"The IRCG Space Forces commander is on duty in the western part of the country. After an hour, he is notified of the incident and reported to his superior. Anyone at any level is at The report must be accurate, of course. It takes time for the initial inspection, "Abdollahi said. "The number of people involved in the incident is huge and needs to be discussed with all of them, so this process takes about 38 hours."