Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran’s accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner on January 8 occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area.
“There were at least six (U.S.) F-35 fighters in the air in the Iranian border area (at the time). This information has yet to be verified, but I’d like to underline the edginess that always accompanies such situations,” Lavrov said, according to the New York Times.
Lavrov, speaking at his annual news conference in Moscow, called the incident a human error and said he was not trying to excuse anyone for what happened.
But he said it was important to understand the context and that the incident had occurred hours after an Iranian missile attack on U.S. bases in Iraq, when Iranian forces were braced for some kind of U.S. military retaliation.
“There is information that the Iranians were expecting another attack from the United States after the strike but did not know what form it might take,” said Lavrov.
(c) Tehran Times
Of course everyone believes horseface. The US could have had a 100 F35s in the air, Russia wouldn’t have detected them. Methinks Lavrov is doing what he does best, talking BS without any evidence as usual.
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Sounds like Lavrov just admitted it was Muscovy that gave Iran this false information. Now we just need the evidence that Muscovy hacked into their missile system in Iran.
What a load of crap ! It’s common knowledge that the first wave of any American retaliation would be with unmanned weapons , cruise missiles and drones to destroy anti aircraft sites and air command and control including runways and aircraft . Long before we send in pilots. Control the air and you are fucked.
Shock and awe baby !
Yuck, yuck, yuck! Poopin flew on the back of his eagle and Liarov sat behind him and they both saw the F-35s in person.
Oh, brother … what a bunch of morons in the Krumlin.
If the US had used F35s, the Iranians would be staring at a pile of metal that used to be Russian missile launchers, thinking WTF was that.