• Why Jihad Watch?
  • About Robert Spencer and Staff Writers
  • FAQ
  • Books
  • Muhammad
  • Islam 101
  • Privacy

Jihad Watch

Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Iranians chant “Down with the dictator” after regime admits it downed civilian plane

Jan 11, 2020 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The Iranian regime is severely threatened, despite the Democratic Party’s best efforts to prop it up.

After university campuses, I’m getting footage of Iranians in the streets chanting against the regime tonight. They ‘re saying “Down with the dictator”.

Iranians are furious with the regime after it recklessly shot down a civilian aircraft that claimed more than 176 lives. pic.twitter.com/iG2cVVBtiG

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020

“Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression,” by Madeline Holcombe, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN, January 11, 2020:

(CNN)Iran admitted Saturday that it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, blaming human error and “US adventurism” for the crash that left 176 people dead.

In a statement, the nation’s armed forces said it targeted the passenger plane unintentionally. It attributed the crash to radar activity and fear of US action.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said.

Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 crashed Wednesday after takeoff from Tehran’s airport. The crash came hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing US troops in retaliation for a drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

After the missile operation in Iraq, US military flights around Iranian borders increased and Iranian military officials reported seeing aerial targets coming toward strategic centers, according to a statement by Iranian armed forces headquarters.

“The aircraft came close to a sensitive IRGC military center at an altitude and flight condition that resembled hostile targeting. Under these circumstances, the aircraft was unintentionally hit, which unfortunately resulted in death of the many Iranian and foreign nationals,” the statement reads.

The victims include 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals.

“Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster,” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted….

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Follow me on Facebook

Filed Under: Featured, Iran Tagged With: Hassan Rouhani, Tehran


Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Comments

  1. PETER BUCKLEY says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 12:11 pm

    The shooting-down of a civilian plane could well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, with many Iranians involved, as well as citizens from so-far-“neutral” countries. The mullahs have backed themselves into a corner of their own making.

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15378/us-iran-policy-soleimani

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15368/iran-shia-militias-iraq

    The mullahs have pushed their luck too far. No way back for them now.

    Not long to go now……

    • Steve says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      Yeah right. The Iranian Gov’t killed over 1,600 unarmed protesters and where was the West?
      179 dead from a shot down and where is the West?
      How many more have to die before the West gets it? Gets off its behind and really does something?
      Trump has put more sanctions on Iran but what about France, Germany, UK, etc….oh yes they are too busy doing business with Iran despite how many deaths have to pay for their blood money.

      • Jayme says

        Jan 11, 2020 at 4:04 pm

        Part of my issue is Hollywood people like Moore etc say Iran is a good place and the States is the issue.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 14, 2020 at 10:53 pm

        The idea that that the West needs to rush in and save Muslims from Islam has not always worked well.

  2. Marco says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 12:17 pm

    Beware of this Restaurant.
    Muslim with a Italian named Restaurant dont like Rightwingers.

    https://www.tripadvisor.ch/Restaurant_Review-g187323-d2554537-Reviews-Ristorante_Cinque-Berlin.html#REVIEWS

  3. Jim says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    It was a civilian airplane that took off from a civilian airport. They have no one to blame but themselves.

    As for “US adventurism”, I guess if you go on a long term terror spree around the world, then you try to take the US Embassy in Baghdad, and the US kills the leader of that movement, yes, it sounds like “US adventurism” to me.

    • Westman says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 2:22 pm

      “Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster,” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted….

      Let’s translate that into reality: “The incompetence of Islamic thinking, inbred marriages, loss of the DNA of 500,000 young men in the 8-years War, and the Mullah’s poor top-down inter-military communication, led to disaster.”

      Imagine what would happen if Iran had to fight a war against a competent military. We have now witnessed the chasm between the Iran Regime’s bluster and reality. Iran is not capable of a sustained tech-based war.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 11, 2020 at 7:35 pm

        +1

      • libertyORdeath says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 8:40 am

        The Islamic world’s ineptitude is the rest of the world’s saving grace. I suggest we not make things worse by supplying them with weapons, technology and training that would take them centuries to achieve alone.

        • gravenimage says

          Jan 12, 2020 at 7:55 pm

          Spot on, libertyORdeath.

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 12:33 pm

    Rouhani’s thoughts and prayers go to the families who are mourning but, oh yeah, death to America because actually, you see, America made them do it, yeah, that’s the ticket, the ticket to ride … on a jet straight to Hell … which is actually where this guy’s prayers are directed … to Hell. I do hope the average Iranian has had enough of this, this, ummm, what Joe Biden would call “malarky.” (Oh wait, no he wouldn’t.)

    • FYI says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 6:40 pm

      “prayers”:to his pagan Arab god al lah{“the BEST of deceivers” k3:54}?

      islamic “prayers” are never to God:they are to a worthless,false,god who rejoices in murder and mayhem as we see in his ‘holy’ koran.

  5. Tony Naim says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    If these people can’t be trusted with anti-aircraft missiles, how on earth can anyone trust them with nuclear weapons.
    God Bless and protect President TRUMP!!!!!!!

  6. Wellington says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    Another example of kick-America-first thinking. Yeah, if those big, bad Americans led by terrorist Trump hadn’t killed the wonderful, devout Soleimani then that Ukrainian plane would have never been shot at in the first place.

    What bs. The correct thing to have done was to have grounded all commercial flights as long as Iran was preparing to launch any missiles, which missiles by the way don’t possess near the accuracy that American missiles do (and thus all the more reason to have grounded all non-military flights).

    Meanwhile, many brave Iranians are risking their lives by excoriating the Iranian regime for its massive irresponsibility all the while the Democratic Party of the USA is not criticizing this terrorist regime but rather President Trump. This is a good example of why I have come to detest the Democratic Party of America.

    I didn’t used to, I merely disagreed with several of its policies. But it’s gone way past disagreement for me and now I am in full contempt mode for this party which is not the party of FDR, Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson and Daniel Patrick Moynihan any longer. It has gone from old-fashion liberalism to a modern liberalism which is probably better characterized as leftism. And leftism has totalitarian, control-freak, hysterical and stupid aspects to it in huge amounts.

    The Republican Party certainly has its faults but it has not lost its collective mind. The Democratic Party has and it is now bad news for America, the Constitution and common sense.

    • Westman says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 1:54 pm

      Very true, Wellington.

      I have not agreed with AOC about anything until she said the Democrat party is too wide and in Europe she would be in some other more-left party. If the Dems cared about survival as a party, they would kick out the far-leftists before they totally lose control and wake up without security of life or property. TDS seems to have taken over like an earworm or brain parasite, rendering the host Democrats immobile, while the leftists consume the Democrat body.

      • Wellington says

        Jan 11, 2020 at 4:47 pm

        I like, Westman, what Patrick Moore, who has a PhD in Forestry and was at one time a member of Greenpeace, said about AOC’s pronouncement on the climate, to wit, that she knows nothing and is a pompous little twit. That this arrogant but clueless young woman has gained as much influence as she has bodes ill for the Democratic Party which right now is in destruction mode.

        When Joe Biden is too conservative, as AOC has asserted, you know something is very much amiss in a once great political party. The slow suicide continues and I am very concerned because a two-party system, assuming neither party has its collective head up its collective ass, is, all things considered, the optimal way to run a country—not perfect, but nonetheless best because one-party rule brings tyranny and multi-party rule breeds instability.

        • Jayme says

          Jan 11, 2020 at 4:58 pm

          Just look at Canada you have the CPC the right leaning party then you have Liberals/Ndp/Greens/Bloc all left leaning.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 11, 2020 at 7:36 pm

        Good exchange.

  7. Kepha says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    If Iran undergoes a political hange that comes up with a good relationship with the USA and others, well and good. Still, I’m not holding my breath.

    Time was when the main Iranian opposition was the Mohajedin-e-qalq, and unholy mix of Marxism and Islam, sort of like Islam’s answer to Liberation Theology. A number of years back, I ran into some of them on the Washington Mall soliciting American signatures for a petition against the Shah. Since they were the first “revolutionary fighters” into the “nest of spies” back in 1979, I gave them a piece of my mind, telling them they had their bloody nerve and were I in the President’s shoes, I’d have the lot of them rounded up and deported–and one retreated with the front of his pants darkening. If this group ends up in control of post-mullah-ocracy Iran, things will still be bad.

    Either way, let’s see what the Iranians make of their own country. Our 1953 attempt to save them from becoming part of the Soviet Bloc didn’t work out so well.

  8. Martin says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    video – Tehran JAN 11 2020

    • Martin says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    • Martin says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 1:44 pm

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 11, 2020 at 7:50 pm

        Thanks for those links, Martin.

  9. Westman says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    You certainly can’t ask, “Where are the women?”, about these demonstrations. This looks like a serious ground swell in the making.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 7:51 pm

      Good point, Westman. Women are so frequently missing from Jihad demonstrations.

  10. Kesselman says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    The unintentional downing of the civil aircraft shows nervousness and incompetence by the Iranian military. They can’t handle diverse electronic information at the same time.—Shows that in a serious confrontation with a competent adversary the Iranians are lost. E-surveillance is everything!
    The Islamic Republic resembles in some distinguished ways their forebears, the Third Reich. In 1937-38 the Nazi State was militarily weak, and if it wasn’t for the disastrous Neville Chamberlain and his ilk in Parliament Britain and France could have done away with Germany then.
    Like today, the ShariaState is nothing but a weak country, economical and political. They’re, of course, big-mouthed like all mozzies, but even a middle-sized adversary could flatten them today.
    Better do away with them today than one year from now. Flatten the islamonazis out for good!

    • SAFI says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 12:09 am

      At this point Iran’s islamofascist regime can boast to have lasted much longer than the 3rd Reich or fascist Italy. It’s actually older than Francoist Spain, the longest lasting non-communist dictatorship (at least in Europe) was at the time of that regime’s collapse (but it still hasn’t beat the Soviet’s record) Let’s hope and try so that 2020 will be the year of its downfall and the year freedom returns to Iran.

      • Kesselman says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 1:57 pm

        Correct!

      • Infidel says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 2:05 pm

        Not to diminish your point, but Saudi Arabia, if one recognizes it as a dictatorship, has been around since the 1930s, or even longer than the Soviet Union. I do hope that ultimately, the Iran regime collapses on its own, but at the same time, I don’t wanna see either the Arabs or the Turks take advantage of that situation to try and implant their own puppets to power in Teheran.

    • Rufolino says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 3:41 am

      And when they get nuclear weapons…?

      • Kesselman says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 2:06 pm

        That’s why I recommended an all-over amputation of the Sharia State … before they get the bomb.

  11. pennant8 says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    Something is not right with the excuses coming from the missile shooters. The plane was no doubt following a standard departure route from the airport. And no doubt it was transmitting a transponder code which allows air traffic controllers to ID it with its flight number altitude, heading etc.. One would think that the missile site radar would have the same feeds as the radars at the nearby airport. But then again, we are talking about Iran.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 7:53 pm

      Who lobs missiles at their own airport–who would even have a missile launch center next to a civilian airport? Muslims, that’s who.

  12. Lynn Miller says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    Reports have said that the 82 Iranians on the flight included ex-pat families from Canada who were visiting relatives over the holidays as well as Iranian students returning to universities in Canada after the winter break. It seems to me that a family would need to be rich and well connected to get their kids out of Iran and into a foreign university. Rich, well connected people are not happy when their children are killed. I suspect the mullahs’ days are numbered.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 11, 2020 at 7:54 pm

      I wouldn’t count on it. Wealthy, well-educated Iranians have been targeted by the Mullahs before.

  13. don vito says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    The irgc could have waited until the aircraft had taken off and cleared tehran air space before they fired their missiles. The irgc warned everyone about the future attack except the air tower in tehran

    • Carol the 1st says

      Jan 13, 2020 at 12:49 am

      BBC News has an article today. The man responsible for the unit that took down the plane was Brig-Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh. Supposedly an operator had mistaken the plane for a cruise missile, tried to contact but after ten seconds and no answer opened fire. Hajizadeh added that a request had been made for a no-fly zone in the area before the incident but this was rejected (reasons unclear).
      The article continues: “In fact, it appears the Iranian strikes on US bases did not affect operations at Imam Khomenei International Airport on Wednesday morning. Flight PS752 was the ninth to take off after the strikes, according to Flightradar24.”
      [Yes, the NINTH!!] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51047006

      • Carol the 1st says

        Jan 13, 2020 at 12:53 am

        – actually yesterday now – the 12th.

  14. gravenimage says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    Iranians chant “Down with the dictator” after regime admits it downed civilian plane
    …………………

    Good to hear. Hope the protesters stay safe.

  15. Infidel says

    Jan 11, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    The victims include 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals.

    Just 11 Ukrainians in an Ukrainian plane headed for Kyiv? In other words, the only people using that plane were Iranians leaving Iran. I’m assuming that the bulk of ‘Canadians’, ‘Swedes’, ‘Germans’ and ‘Brits’ weren’t your average European soccer or ice hockey fan, but rather, ex-Iranians who’ve gotten citizenship papers of these countries but are still incapable of respecting the sanctions their countries have imposed on Iran.

    As for Ukraine, it should use this incident to terminate all ties w/ Iran. Nothing in this report tells me that Ukraine has important interests in Iran that warrant maintaining flights to Teheran

  16. Naildriver says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 10:28 am

    I’d bet this was no accident; and actually a deliberate murder of this plane load of people. Most passengers of whom were likely considered infidel, apostate, or Westernized tainted Muslims by the decision makers at the top; and I’d bet they reasoned that the plane itself was made by Americans and operated by a infidel state.
    The message is clear: ‘This is how we roll’.
    Such is the rot of a Muslim’s mind in revenge mode.

  17. unbeliever1 says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 11:18 pm

    Well. I believe that Trump has launched a snowball that is going to turn in to an avalanche and sweep the mullahs out and into exile. One of their top athletes has defected and had a lot to say about the regime. The mad mullahs might have finally met their match in a president who throws political correctness out the window and does the right thing.

FacebookYoutubeTwitterLog in

Subscribe to the Jihad Watch Daily Digest

You will receive a daily mailing containing links to the stories posted at Jihad Watch in the last 24 hours.
Enter your email address to subscribe.

Please wait...

Thank you for signing up!
If you are forwarding to a friend, please remove the unsubscribe buttons first, as they my accidentally click it.

Subscribe to all Jihad Watch posts

You will receive immediate notification.
Enter your email address to subscribe.
Note: This may be up to 15 emails a day.

Donate to JihadWatch
FrontPage Mag

Search Site

Translate

The Team

Robert Spencer in FrontPageMag
Robert Spencer in PJ Media

Articles at Jihad Watch by
Robert Spencer
Hugh Fitzgerald
Christine Douglass-Williams
Andrew Harrod
Jamie Glazov
Daniel Greenfield

Contact Us

Terror Attacks Since 9/11

Archives

  • 2020
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2019
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2018
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2017
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2016
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2015
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2014
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2013
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2012
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2011
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2010
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2009
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2008
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2007
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2006
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2005
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2004
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2003
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • March

All Categories

You Might Like

Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Recent Comments

  • gravenimage on Al-Qaeda Calls on Jihadis to Kill Non-Muslims With Poisoned Coronavirus Masks
  • Infidel on Uighur leader: ‘We’re actually quite worried’ about what Biden might let China get away with
  • Infidel on Uighur leader: ‘We’re actually quite worried’ about what Biden might let China get away with
  • gravenimage on Al-Qaeda Calls on Jihadis to Kill Non-Muslims With Poisoned Coronavirus Masks
  • Infidel on Iranian Kurdistan: Muslim brothers behead their sister in honor killing over her romantic relationship

Popular Categories

dhimmitude Sharia Jihad in the U.S ISIS / Islamic State / ISIL Iran Free Speech

Robert Spencer FaceBook Page

Robert Spencer Twitter

Robert Spencer twitter

Robert Spencer YouTube Channel

Books by Robert Spencer

Jihad Watch® is a registered trademark of Robert Spencer in the United States and/or other countries - Site Developed and Managed by Free Speech Defense

Content copyright Jihad Watch, Jihad Watch claims no credit for any images posted on this site unless otherwise noted. Images on this blog are copyright to their respective owners. If there is an image appearing on this blog that belongs to you and you do not wish for it appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.

Our mailing address is: David Horowitz Freedom Center, P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks, CA 91499-1964

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.