Iran ADMITS shooting down Ukrainian jetliner, saying gunner 'mistook plane for a CRUISE MISSILE and had ten seconds to make a decision when his radio failed'
- Iran on Saturday admitted that it shot down Ukrainian passenger jet killing 176, thinking it was a cruise missile
- Revolutionary Guard Aerospace Force commander says 'I wish I had died' instead of witnessing such incident
- Iranian officials said it 'took the flying posture and altitude of an enemy target' as it neared IRG Corps base
- Air defense operator had communications outage and believed he had just 10 seconds to take action
- Civilian flights from Tehran were supposed to be grounded following Iran's ballistic missile strike
- But Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said 'US adventurism' was to blame for Iran shooting the plane down
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered condolences to victims and vowed to prosecute those responsible
- Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei orders probe into 'possible faults and flaws in this painful accident'
- The FAA revealed US lives may have been saved after notice barred civilian planes flying over Iran and Iraq
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it a 'national tragedy' and said the Iranians should cooperate
