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Amir Ali Hajizadeh is IRGC’s Aerospace Force commander. In contradiction to the earlier Iranian Armed Forces statement, he says that Flight PS752 *did not* deviate from its path. Someone mistakingly identified the jet as a cruise missile.

https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1215948226001625089

IRGC Aerospace Cmdr: I wish I was dead and such an incident hadn't happened. We in IRGC accept all the responsibility, and are ready to implement any decision made by the Establishment

IRGC Aerospace Cmdr says we had requested the establishment of a no-fly zone given the war situation. But it was not approved for certain considerations

IRGC Aerospace Cmdr says Air Defence operator sent a message to his commanders; but after he didn't receive any response for 10 seconds, he decided to shoot it down

https://twitter.com/Khaaasteh/status/1215936380129497088

The IRGC commander repeated for several times that the Aviation Organization was not to blame. All the blame must be pinned on Armed Forces & and those who failed to control the situation (no-fly zone perhaps).
Key point in his remarks was reports of cruise missile fired at Iran
https://twitter.com/Khaaasteh/status/1215945675436961792