- Iran said that the misalignment of an air defence unit’s radar system was the key “human error” that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.
- Flight 752, a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner, was struck by two missiles and crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s main airport on January 8, at a time of heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions.
- The Islamic republic admitted several days later that its forces accidentally shot down the Kiev-bound plane.
- The report also noted that the first of the two missiles launched at the aircraft was fired by a defence unit operator who had acted without receiving any response from the Coordination Center on which he depended.