{"id":18818,"date":"2020-01-27T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=18818"},"modified":"2020-01-27T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:27:00","slug":"editorial-mysteries-behind-the-ukrainian-passenger-plane-downing-and-endless-lies-by-irans-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/18818\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL: Mysteries Behind the Ukrainian Passenger Plane Downing and Endless Lies by Iran\u2019s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Staff Writer on\u00a027 January 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As days advance, the scope of crisis from the downing of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27210-the-reluctant-confession-of-irgc-s-aerospace-force-commander-continuation-of-the-regime-s-lies-and-deception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0the Ukrainian passenger plane<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">by the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is expanded. On January 16, the Foreign ministers\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Afghanistan, and Britain, which all had nationals who died, met in London and called for an independent and comprehensive investigation into the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Make no mistake about it, Canada is going to get to the very bottom of this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau told a press conference.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The regime attempted to seal the case by artificially accepting responsibility\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the downing by claiming that it was just &#8220;human error<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8221; but an independent investigation and analysis of the plane\u2019s &#8220;black box&#8221; could reveal all the secrets of the crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the beginning, the regime claimed that it will send the black box abroad, but as the crisis intensified it shifted its position by deception and lies and declared that it would not deliver the black box, particularly because of the importance of the black box in disclosing the secrets of this great crime and possibility of more clarification of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">regime\u2019s role in downing the plane<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Concerning the issue, Ali\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rabi&#8217;i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">government spokesman, said: &#8220;The Iranian aviation will establish a committee to investigate the accident with transparency, accuracy, and speed.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0He asked Boeing to send its representative to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">participate in the black box review process.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On January 18, 2020, Hassan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rezaeifar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Director General of the Iran Aviation Accident Bureau, announced that the black box would be shipped to Ukraine or France, but a day later changed his position, saying<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0&#8220;We have no decision to send it to a second country yet<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Regarding this issue, the Ukrainian\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">oreign\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">inister said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0&#8220;We\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">have to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0go beyond political discussions, but before anything else, the black box must be delivered. They first said that they would deliver the black box, but later they\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">said they will not deliver it.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The conflicting reactions and positions of the mullahs on whether to analyze the information of the black box in Iran or abroad reflect the fact that the shooting of the Ukrainian passenger plane is far beyond the regime&#8217;s alleged scenario.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the one hand, refusing to send the black box outside of Iran could reflect the extent of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">regime\u2019s involvement in the downing of the plane, and on the other hand,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">could\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">unveil\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">unique nature of this regime; in addition to lying and deception, the regime uses and misuses everything to create a crisis.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The regime&#8217;s current performances add to the uncertainty and confuse public opinion at home and abroad over the mullahs&#8217; insistence in refusing to send the plane&#8217;s black box abroad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:30,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This issue is so notable and important that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">has created a new crisis in the case of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/president-elect\/27201-maryam-rajavi-downing-of-passenger-jet-is-a-major-crime-that-people-will-neither-forgive-nor-forget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crashed Ukrainian passenger<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0plane for the regime. A crisis in the series of crises that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">regime is engulfed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t will result in its further disintegration, and because of the current explosive condition of the nation and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/27296-iran-protests-detained-protesters-scalded-with-boiling-hot-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widespread protests<\/a>, it will drive the regime to its impending downfall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Written by Staff Writer on\u00a027 January 2020. As days advance, the scope of crisis from the downing of\u00a0the Ukrainian passenger plane\u00a0by the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/18818\/\" title=\"EDITORIAL: Mysteries Behind the Ukrainian Passenger Plane Downing and Endless Lies by Iran\u2019s Regime\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18820,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18818\/revisions\/18820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}