On January 8, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 took from Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. Just minutes later the plane crashed, leaving all 176 onboard dead as a result.

This tragedy took place on the same night that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) was launching ballistic missiles targeting military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops in response to the killing of IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. military in Baghdad.

During the three days of Tehran’s denial of any wrongdoing, various video footage and images posted on social media raised questions about the plane being shot down and how regime authorities dealt with the issue afterwards, all escalating suspicions of deliberate actions taken to shoot the plane down.

Initial reports from Tehran claimed engine failure. However, “Ukraine’s embassy in Iran dropped an initial reference to engine failure as the cause of a Ukrainian plane crash outside Tehran,” according to Reuters.

Ukraine Int’l Airlines said a Boeing 737-800 involved in a fatal crash in Iran was one of the best planes in its fleet and its pilots were very experienced. No sign anything was wrong before the plane took off, last routinely serviced on January 6, another report adds.

If there was an engine fire the plane would have slowed down and the pilots would have made it back to the airport. The plane kept climbing. Fire suppression systems would have prevented the plane from turning into a ball of fire.

Remember when Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists accidentally shot down MH17 in 2014? The investigation took almost two years to complete, even with a Dutch-led international task force. How can the Iranians claim to have figured out it was engine failure in five minutes?

The plane was flying at 8,000 feet and up 14,000 feet is considered safe altitude. If any incident is to occur, such as decompression inside the plane or anything else, the plane comes to 14,000 feet as it is considered the safest altitude for passenger flights. PS752 was flying at 8,000 feet, making it even safer and easier for the pilots to land the plane in case of an emergency.

It is worth noting that when the plane seeks to land at Khomeini Int’l Airport, when it is in park position, when the plane doors open and even when the stairs are connected to the plane, all these phases are controlled by IRGC units stationed at Khomeini International Airport.

As a result, any claim of the IRGC mistaking the PS752 for a fighter jet or a warplane is ridiculous. Through the entire process the plane is on the flight radars and the IRGC cannot claim human error.

The IRGC claims its units mistook the PS752 for a cruise missile or an American warplane. This is quite impossible as a Boeing 737-800 differs extensively in comparison. And this question comes to mind that how did an American warplane enter Iranian airspace and from what border, decreased its altitude to 8,000 feet above Tehran and the IRGC radar and air defense system suddenly detects it?

A video of two missile launches show the first missile hitting the plane’s wings where the fuel is stored, resulting in a massive fire and explosion. The captain was even able to change direction in an attempt to land the plane when the second missile was fired. This could not have been a human error.

Images from the crash site show shrapnel damage on the wings and fuselage.

Surface to air missiles explode near their target to spray it with shrapnel. This increases the impact ratio significantly. Images from PS752 shows clear signs of shrapnel.

More signs of shrapnel on a motor of the PS752. Notice how the piercing is towards the inner part of the fuselage. The first motor did not explode into pieces, further debunking the engine failure theory.

The second motor of PS752 is also fairly intact. More proof discrediting the engine failure claims.

In February 2019, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 suffered engine failures, yet the pilots were able to land the plane with support from safety standards procedures.

For those unfamiliar with the SA-11 or Buk missile system, it detonates in midair in proximity of the target plane, floods the cockpit with shrapnel and kills the pilots. Passengers die from depressurization and extreme cold as the plane crashes, usually in one piece.

Just think of the SA-11 as a missile system that tracks its target plane and then fires a shotgun blast of shrapnel to the cockpit upon reaching its range. It is not a high-explosive warhead.

The Dutch Safety Board produced this video to explain how the Buk missile system works, and how it crashed flight MH17 in July 2014.

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From @stillgray

"The Dutch Safety Board produced this video to explain how the Buk missile system works, and how it crashed flight MH17 in July 2014. Not saying this is what (possibly) shot down the plane in Iran, though."pic.twitter.com/70TVoT6sEe — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 8, 2020

A local took this image near the PS752 crash site clearly shows the control segment of a TOR M1 missile.

In Iran, the IRGC – designated as a “terrorist organization” by the U.S. State Department – has such TOR M1 units at its disposal. (Image from a parade in Iran back in September 2013.)

“Satellite imagery of the Ukrainian Airways crash site. The site appears to be being cleared by Iranian authorities using bulldozers. Lots of areas have been cleared of debris.”

Why did Iran raze/tamper the evidence? What are they hiding?

Read the words of a Ukrainian inspector at the site of the plane crash.

Iran’s Armed Forces claimed they plane was “unintentionally” hit by a military unit and based on “human error” and that the plane was heading toward a sensitive IRGC site at a dangerous altitude and in the shape of a hostile aircraft.

While Iran’s regime claims the PS752’s flight path was heading toward a sensitive IRGC site, it is worth noting that four other flights had taken the same path from midnight local time prior to PS752’s departure at 6:12am local time.

On January 8, The New York Times and Reuters quickly cited a “Canadian security source” claiming the plane was “not brought down by a missile” and crashed due to “technical malfunction”, and that “one of the plane’s engines had overheated”.

And pro-Iran regime media outlets quickly picked up the fake news reports.

All signs indicate the IRGC deliberately shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752. Ukrainian officials have indicated that they are not ruling out such a scenario. The motive remains a mystery. All the more reason an international investigation is needed on this very sensitive subject.

(Various videos are included below for you to judge for yourself.)

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There are reports circulating about the Ukrainian Int’l Airlines flight PS752 being shot down shortly after take off from Tehran. The plane crashed near the city of Shahriar, west of the Iranian capital. This thread will cite many people.pic.twitter.com/5rxOSvIWh7 — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 8, 2020

#BREAKING

Another video apparently showing the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 burning (after being hit by a missile) and exploding upon impact. pic.twitter.com/36TY3qyErE — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 9, 2020

#BREAKING

New, unconfirmed video on Telegram claiming to show the moment when Ukrainian Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 was shot down early Wednesday morning, January 8, over a town west of the Iranian capital of Tehran. pic.twitter.com/FNtq5P7zpj — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 9, 2020

#BREAKING

New footage circulating online claiming to portray a SAM missile launch & the explosion that caused the downing of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752. This footage has yet to be fully confirmed, yet it appears quite authentic.pic.twitter.com/vClW07KnUC — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 11, 2020

#BREAKING

This video is confirmed to be the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 being shot down by Iran's IRGC. Considering the 30 seconds between the two SAM missile launches, this was no accident at all as claimed by Tehran. https://t.co/C8THLIPtot — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 14, 2020

WARNING – GRAPHIC – DISTURBING VIDEO UNCENSORED Video shows mutilated corpses of passengers killed after Iran's IRGC shot down Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 with a SAM missile.#IranPlaneCrash UNCENSORED WARNING – GRAPHIC – DISTURBING VIDEO pic.twitter.com/R4J2fVNGul — Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) January 13, 2020